A California man is suing the Venetian after waking up to the searing pain of multiple stings from a scorpion in his boxer-briefs while on vacation at the Las Vegas hotel.
The suits comes amid a wave reports of scorpions invading properties across 'Sin City' and its suburbs — including America's most lethal species, the Arizona bark scorpion.
-JD
Stationed in Hawaii the only thing that kept me half-sane was hockey on the only rink in the islands.
ReplyDeletePut my gear out on the lanai to dry, got really particular in repacking after I found a scorpion in my nutcup one time...
Down here in New Orleans we have a lot of nasty poisonous and venomous critters. However scorpions are not one of them.
ReplyDeleteLousiana is home to two species of scorpion - the Striped Bark Scorpion and the Southern Devil Scorpion.
DeleteWe moved into a new house, and apparently neither the rental company nor the HOA felt any need to inform us that the whole neighborhood is infested with bark scorpions. The little bastards live in the cinder blocks ck walls between the properties. We knew that they must have sprayed for pests when in the first week we kept finding dead or dying crickets/roaches in the house. But by the second week we found two scorpions in the house (both within three feet of an exterior door.). I went a got a black light and started looking around the property, found mine of the damn things in one night, all either on/in the fence (it was not installed well, and is filled with cracks.) Or within a foot of the fence. Talked to some neighbors and found out that this has been a problem for *years*. I would honestly rather deal with rattlesnakes, as at least they are somewhat considerate and warn you if you get too close. Now everyone in the house shakes out all clothes/shoes, and there is no going barefoot.
ReplyDeleteJust think of the drinking story he has. There I was, scorpion stinging my balls 4 times, and I just ..........blah blah blah. Nobody can top that.
ReplyDeleteGot stung by scorpion once. Learned my lesson real quick. If I see one coming the little shit gets stomped!
ReplyDeleteLandscaping (palms) from Phoenix area have also brought bark scorpion to S Utah. I hunt them at night and kill up to 1000 per year. I am up to 100 already this year. The youngest ones are quite small, not 3". We scorpion-proofed the house and treat the lot with Onslaught Fastcap so most what I kill are along the street and in the rock walls. I guess I need to pack the blacklight for my next Vegas trip.
ReplyDeleteI rolled my eyes at the " bark scorpions are 3" long" part of the article. As a native Arizonan I've seen *one* that grew that big, and it was a pet that was fed every day. Most top out at 2", maybe 2.5" max. Now the 'Arizona Giant Desert Hairy scorpion" does get that big, fairly regularly, but there is *no* way you could confuse the two, assuming the person looking has more than two working brain cells.
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