Time to start watching for venomous critters

**Justin Case** · 04-02-2010, 07:06 PM

We Have TONS of these bark scorpions here, we find one in the house every couple days, usually dead because they spray regularly,

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These (Below) are all over the place outside , They are this color and also greenish and these get big , up to 5 or 6 inches, But its those little ones above that are most poisonous ,

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we also have a great abundance of black widows,,

**canid** · 04-02-2010, 07:42 PM

a fair policy for spiders, that applies well to scoprions too is this:

if it has been sitting in one place for two weeks or more, and looks like the kind of place a black widow would hide [provides shade; assume there is one there.

look at it this way; it's prevented every every spider bite i didn't get

**Justin Case** · 04-02-2010, 08:16 PM

Originally Posted by Ken

I thought this would be a warning about 2dumb's computer being back on-line.

*I waited for Crash to log-off before I posted this*

LOL, Its didnt take him long to send the "I;m with stupid " post to the bone yard ,, LOL

**Batch** · 04-03-2010, 09:02 AM

Originally Posted by Batch

When we loaded the Polaris Ranger up last weekend we must of picked up a red rat snake. He must of ridden back to the place where the Ranger and trailer get kept.

We found him just before he would have gotten driven over.

I'll post picture when I get near a computer.

He must have froze his little cold blooded arse off on the turnpike.

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**oly** · 04-03-2010, 09:20 AM

Originally Posted by Justin Case

We Have TONS of these bark scorpions here, we find one in the house every couple days, usually dead because they spray regularly,

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These (Below) are all over the place outside , They are this color and also greenish and these get big , up to 5 or 6 inches, But its those little ones above that are most poisonous ,

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we also have a great abundance of black widows,,

I always check my boots before putting them on and often wondered if they are hanging on in there.
Now for the rattlers, I wish I could still hear them.

**pocomoonskyeyes** · 04-03-2010, 09:52 AM

For those of you living in the Southeastern US this is the Snakebite expert I would advise. I recalled his name from the days of when I worked in the Okefenokee Swamp Park Serpentarium. IIRC his advice (That we gave out then) was "Don't cut, Don't suck, treat for shock and get the victim to a hospital as soon as possible." Something most people don't realize, when you brush your teeth, Your brush scratches your gums. If you suck venom out all you have done is transfer venom from one place to another!!

Crash, Maynard H Cox is in your neck of the woods, He is in Jacksonville Florida.

http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/st...o_2998512.html

**Justin Case** · 04-17-2010, 08:03 PM

I found 2 of these in 2 days,, inside on the carpet,Alive and kicking, despite the fact that this complex is sprayed every 2 or 3 weeks,,,,, These are the more dangerous ones (bark scorpion)

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**your_comforting_company** · 04-18-2010, 09:10 AM

Okefenokee Joe was at the event yesterday talking about snakes. Good stuff. He tours schools all over the south educating kids about snakes.

**Justin Case** · 04-18-2010, 09:14 AM

Thats great,,, I hate it when people kill snakes just because they are snakes , Education is the key

**Justin Case** · 05-08-2010, 06:33 PM

Seen One of these last Night,,

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Tarantulas are not as common here as they used to be, Not sure why really,, But we used to see them all the time,

**Rick** · 05-09-2010, 09:25 AM

Those are just God's way of tellin' you not to live there.

**crashdive123** · 05-09-2010, 09:27 AM

JIC - have you ever watched a Tarantula feed?

**Justin Case** · 05-09-2010, 09:30 AM

Originally Posted by crashdive123

JIC - have you ever watched a Tarantula feed?

No, But I have handled them ,, they are not mean,,

**2dumb2kwit** · 05-09-2010, 09:34 AM

Well here's why you don't see as many of them anymore.....turns out, that they taste like spicy chicken wings!!!

LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8_NzM_sC8s

**crashdive123** · 05-09-2010, 09:37 AM

We had one in an office I worked in. It was fed mice (one every three or four weeks). It would act disinterested, but eventually corner the mouse. It did it so slowly that I guess the prey did not feel threatened. It would sink it's fangs into the mouse and then inject digestive juices. Not sure if all species of Tarantulas are the same, but this species could only eat liquids. It would then suck the insides. When it was done (several hours later) all that was left was the skin and fur. No internals at all, including bones.