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Doug/Vamonos
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The blacklight flashlight is awesome. Got one and used it last week when I was there. I went "hunting" every night all over camp and got a minimum of
six every night. Used my oar to smash em up. The little body parts kept glowing all week. The lights are amazing. Got mine at Amazon. It's actually
spooky how they glow. And from quite a distance, too. If they are out you will not miss them. Very, very easy to see. I learned the little buggers
like to live under rocks and have little holes to crawl in and out.
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CortezBlue
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Ok, living n the desert in the foothills of hoenix, I have been bitten several times and nce twice in a row. I would say, that with a critter of this
size you shouldnt have any troubles. The smaller te scorpion the more aggressive the sting. I was bit on my thumb. near my finger nail, and I was
numbe fo about 36 hours from my hand up to my elbow.
You should be in good shape
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Baja&Back
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Thanks, Russ. Bought one on Amazon.
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BajaDove
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They hurt like heck when they bite, but the worst is when it heals. For two days it will itch so much you want to scratch your skin off. The itch
seems deep inside.
If its not where it is, its where it isn\'t.
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wessongroup
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Russ
Joel, You mean this one? I also have 3 of them but took then out of the boat, quad and car because I never used them and when I did them I forgot I
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Russ, your the man... glad you remember your camera 
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Bob and Susan
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susan was on a "mission" last night again...
7 more casualties...
the monsters were attacking the island from the desert
it's WAR!!!
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Russ
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c-cktail in one hand, black light in one hand & the killer spray in the other?
Bahia Concepcion where life starts...given a chance!
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wessongroup
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Russ, need a hat with a light on it... that way you have two hands free for the important things...
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ELINVESTIG8R
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Thank goodness is was the big one and not the little one. I'm happy that you are ok.
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Trueheart
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Russ:
Thanks for the pics. Just curious, since your at shell beach, how many scorpions do you see routinely, and do their sizes/colors vary? Are there
more at certain times of the year?
Hope you heal well. More Tequila would help!
Steve
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Russ
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Trueheart
Russ:
Thanks for the pics. Just curious, since your at shell beach, how many scorpions do you see routinely, and do their sizes/colors vary? Are there
more at certain times of the year?
Hope you heal well. More Tequila would help!
Steve |
I don't see to many and mostly in late spring but they're around all year.
The sting was never a big deal, this time. I just love sympathy and Nomads are full if it
Bahia Concepcion where life starts...given a chance!
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Pescador
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Russ
c-cktail in one hand, black light in one hand & the killer spray in the other? |
As Larry the Cable Guy would say, now there is someone who knows how to have fun. I had a friend who got one of those really sophisticated bug
zappers and he would take a shot of tequila when the strike happened. He usually ended up really blitzed on good nights when the bugs were thick.
Shoot, we don't need no "damned TV to entertain ourselves down here.
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Skipjack Joe
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The Cure
Internal and external applications of alcohol.
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willyAirstream
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Sorry you got bit Russ, but I'm sure glad to learn about these skinny lobsters and the solutions for living with them.
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Marc
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Osprey
Need to see one of your ranchero pals and get a little jar of Guaco weed. Instant relief, like it never happened.
It's a vine, the rancheros just dry it, grind it up, put it in jar with a little tequila, keep it handy for any kind of bite, skin problem. Wicked
strong antihistamine of the natural kind. |
Drink it? Or rub it in??
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Marc
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| Quote: | Originally posted by vgabndo
Thanks Bugman...exilicauda is the bad guy and has a really skinny tail.
Yes, even their empty exoskeletins glow in UV light. |
In Ajo, AZ we find hundreds with a UV light.
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Marc
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Pompano
Ouch! Tough luck, Russ, but glad you missed the Big Event.
I've had my share of stings over the years, too. As you know, one can't avoid it for long in Baja if you are into palms, bark, yardwork, etc.
My worst sting was my first, naturally. The fear of the unknown and all that stuff. I was stung 3 times by the same dang scorpion:
Desert camping with buddy Randy, 1973. It was nighttime at the campfire and I had my boots up on a burning log when I felt something crawling up my
pantsleg just above the boot top. I reached down to feel what it was when ..Zing! it got me good. I yelled and rubbed at the spot, but it crawled a
bit higher up my leg and stung me again on the knee as I tried to crush whatever was in my pants. I was pretty excited and alarmed Randy a bit, too.
Then it got to the top of my leg and stung me the third time just below the groin.
Hells Bells, I was damn frantic by this time and hit that spot with my fist..QUICK AND HARD...and smashed that damn crawling thing to a pulp. Another
couple inches further up and it was Home Territory. (I can just see Randy administrating First Aid with a machete and tournaquit)
I jumped up and hurriedly took off my jeans..shaking the squashed invader into the fire..just to make sure! Those three sting areas were now on fire
themselves..Ohh, did they hurt!
Now's when the fun started.
Our companions were Richard Long and his then wife, Shirley. Shirley was a stone fox blonde from Georgia. She took control of this situation very
expertly. She said to just relax, and she would help with the pain. I might survive after all. She had me sit down on the back of my Jeep gangbox,
legs dangling over the endgate. ..with just my shorts on.
Shirley came back with some ice cubes and starting rubbing the stings with the soothing coolness. First the one on my shin, then the one on my
knee...ahh, I was feeling much, much better. And could not wait until the final wound was treated!
But Shirley was looking at my grinning face, then gave me the ice, saying, "You can handle it from here, cowboy."
Ahhh..those were fine times. Almost wish I could stand a repeat of those stings!
Scorpion stuff:
Russ, did you know scorpions can range from 3/4 to 9 inches?
One of our local Mexican varieties is one of the deadliest, species Centruriodes. but thank God most people report no more pain than that of a
honeybee. The good news is, that in North America only the Centruroides is a known killer of humans. The bad news is, they live in Mexico and the
extreme southwestern USA.
They are usually old-straw-yellow or yellow with dark longitudinal stripes, and reach from two to 7.5 centimeters in length. Their pincers are long
and slender as opposed to bulky and lobster-like. The sting, immediately and exquisitely painful, is increased by a light tap on the site.
Deaths have almost exclusively been in small children, the elderly, and the severely allergic.
First aid for any scorpion sting should involve cooling the wound which allows the body to more easily break down the molecular structure of the
venom. Cooling also reduces pain. Use ice or cool running water if available. Also a local poultice of aloe vera and palo blanco bark. On a warm
night, a wet compress will help. Keeping calm and still helps..not like me on that first night! . Panic and activity speed up the venom's spread. If
the scorpion was Centruroides, you might have heavy sweating, difficulty swallowing, blurred vision, loss of bowel control, jerky muscular reflexes,
and respiratory distress..often resulting in pitching face down into the campfire.
Well..good luck with next sting, amigo! |
Last sentence reminds me of that bottle of Crendain at Santispac in '08.
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MitchMan
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Last year I came back to my home in Calif after a two week vacation in La Paz. Apparently I brought back a good sized scorpion somewhere in my
luggage. Got home at 8pm at night left my bags in my bedroom. Next morning at about 9am my wife came to me n the kitchen with a dead scorpion (the
size of the one next to the crumpled up coke ) and wrapped in a tissue . She said she was making up the bed and found this live critter under her
pillow on the bed. She killed it and wanted to confirm that it was a scorpion while she was looking at me slightly accusatorily.
Not sure where that thing come on board onto my luggage: from my yard at the La Paz house, in the taxi trunk on the way to the air port, in the
luggage compartment on the plane? Very spooky. Good thing my wife is not afraid of anything. She's awesome and very self sufficient.
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vgabndo
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YIKES...just when you think you can go to bed without shaking the sheets.......
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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Mexray
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WE brought back home...
...one of Russ' 'kissing cousins' for our grand daughter to put in an old terrarium...
She made a nice sandy habitat, with some stuff for 'Sting' to hide under, along with some moisture once in a while...she fed 'Sting' several crickets
every week - good ole 'Sting' lived over five years -
Human visitors that got a glimpse of 'Sting' couldn't quite figure out our 'choice' of pets...
Bob & Susan - no need to save any of your glowing critters for us - we've moved on to dogs and cats...
Ray
According to my clock...anytime is \'BAJA TIME\' & as Jimmy Buffett says,
\"It doesn\'t use numbers or moving hands It always just says now...\"
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