I lived in Anza Borrego desert (SoCal) for quite a few years. Several types of rattlers there along with unimaginable creatures. Most rattlers avoid humans and most bites are from stepping on 'em or lifting up whatever is covering them. If you piss off a Sidewinder rattler though, they'll chase you. Hurdles slow them down. Baby/young rattlesnakes are more dangerous than adults as they don't control their venom well. They'll shoot the whole load in one bite. We always had a couple sacraficial 'outside' cats. Coyotes love cats, so some of them don't last long. The green / translucent scorpions aren't really dangerous unless you're allergic to them, comparable to a bee sting. Most species of Tarantula are also basically harmless. I've handled plenty. Here's one of the baddest bugs in the bug world of the Anza desert. A Sun or Camel spider. They aren't venomus but will inflict a painful bite. They're quick and sometimes aggressive. 4 way jaws that rip their opponents apart while alive. About the size of a Tarantula. Badgers are bad ass. I was following one in my Baja Bug to watch him. Not chasing, following his pace 30-35 feet behind. He'd stop and look over his shoulder, I'd stop. After a short stretch he'd had enough, turned around, stood up on his hind legs with his front legs reaching for the sky and screaming a death scream. I inched closer (yea my window was rolled up!) at 8-10 feet away, he ran up and attacked the front of the tire then trotted off.
Cats........Good for grease rags.....warming your fingers......checking if a circuit is hot....Now! Snake sacrifices. Good kitty. p.s. I like cats.
Badgers...???? We don't need no stinking Badgers...! Not when I have Sweety a.k.a. "Kitty Whoop Ass" the killer cat and my Aunt Sister Mary Annihilator!!! Meanwhile Yogi the Hound looks on or is sleeping...! <iframe width="420" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/elyWfUIL5qE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Great...now i have to wipe the soda off of my keyboard! Whoosh when I read about you exploding in place that's about the time I exploded! It's been a while since I've laughed that hard. The idea that the spiders are big enough that you can hear them moving is kind of freakin' me out...just sayin'. We don't get get spiders that big up here and that's just fine with me,
Okay, I'm WAY too scared to go to sleep after that! Fk, scariest thing I have ever seen was a Fer de Lance in Costa Rica that will flat chase your ass down, and it's at the bottom of this list? I ain't never going to Australia..............fk it! I'll stick with Rattlers and Scorpions in Tejas!
Awwww man, don't get all hung up on dangerous snakes man, you also have to watch out for the worlds most lethal spider, the Sydney Funnel Web, thats another bastard that will chase you down! Wolf Spiders, they get my vote for bad ass! Big fuckers like Tarantulas, you hear them walking around at night too out in central Oz. Not often deadly but the venom is highly corrosive and destroys human tissue. So if you get bitten the only way to stop the venom eating you away is to have the entire area that is damaged surgically removed. But I'll stop there and wont lits the many other spiders, scorpions, centipedes, fish (Yes we have venomous fish too) and other dangerous wild stuff (ie, Kings Cross)........... Doc.
When I worked at Thermo-King in Modesto... the hookers would come in and solicit us for sex. One damn near got me one day... but luckily I was smart. Other guys weren't so lucky. Sam
Sam, I just spat my dinner all over my computer.....thanks................. That was the funniest thing on this thread by far, scary thing is they are probably even more lethal with accompanying diseases!! Doc.
yeah the scorpions we have here are called bark scorpions.. if you take a black light out side at night they glow... and if you seen how many there were you would think twice.. but thankfully they do not care for the light and like dark damp( in the desert? hah, well not Oregon damp.. but moisture none the less) place.. and yeah it hurts a little worse than a be sting as far as im concern.. laughs. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_bark_scorpion we probably have others but this is the most common one. chris.
I'm glad that, although our scorpion's may inflict a painful sting there venom is very weak and by no means a contender in any 'Most Dangerous' competition! But still, its no fun finding one in the 'fart sack' when your rackin' out........ I think you guys can keep the Bark Scorpion!! Doc.
Yep ... I've had an infestation of these little bastards recently despite having the pest control company here every month .... in the garage and in the house. The man tells me that if you can slip a credit card in a space, it's like a two-car garage door for these bark scorpions. Barry along w/black widows, ya just don't put your hand anywhere strange
You need to spray more than once a month. We spray every two weeks and more if we find them in the house.
When I was about 10 or so years old (and that was a LONG time ago) I was fishing in a lake behind my grand fathers house in Mississippi. I was wading in the lake an had a stringer of blue gills attached to my belt loops. I felt tugging on the line and thought it was the fish. I reached behind me to pull the line closer and a cottonmouth struck me in my left hand. To this day I have never felt pain like that. I slung my hand and the snake was attached by his fangs. My dad didn't see what was happening and told me to be quiet. My uncle saw the snake airborn as it came off my hand and the panic button was officially pushed. He had a snake bite kit in his tackle box and off we went to the hospital. But I really don't remember much of what happened after the initial bite and the snake bite kit. I live in Central Florida and 6 foot rattle snakes aren't that uncommon down here. But they mostly stay to them selves. They didn't get to be 6 feet long by hanging around people. I saw in the news paper that in Jacksonville, Florida while clearing an area for developement they killed an 8 footer. And I saw a picture in a pump shop in Vero Beach, Florida that had some pioneers holding a rattle snake that had to be 10-12 feet long. There was about 7 people holding this snake up. I always remember that they have been here a lot longer than we have and cut them a wide berth. I don't kill them unless it's absolutely necessary. Like if it was in my shop and struck at me. His ass is off to the great rattler in the sky. But you do have to be careful in junk yards down here. Rattlers, cotton mouths, copperheads and, oh yeah, the coral snake. He's a member of the cobra family.
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