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Scorpion Found, Turned Over to Humane Society
Madistan.com ^ | August 16, 2008 | Jeff Richgels

Posted on 08/16/2008 6:19:43 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin

A scorpion was found Friday on a Deerfield, WI area farm, captured and turned over to the Dane County Humane Society.

Authorities speculated it might be an escaped pet.

A town of Oregon man, who asked not to be named, said in an interview that the scorpion was found during yardwork at his parents' farm.

The creature was captured -- carefully -- by putting an aquarium on top of it, then sliding cardboard underneath the aquarium and flipping it over, he said, adding that it didn't make any aggressive moves.

He then used duct tape to seal the aquarium, put it in his trunk and brought it to his home, where it spent the night in the garage.

He knew it was a scorpion, but only realized it was one of the poisonous varieties when researching it on the Internet Friday night.

"I realized it was not something to be playing with," he said.

He didn't have second thoughts about capturing it, though.

"There's kids and cats and dogs" at the farm, he said.

After he contacted authorities on Saturday morning, a Humane Officer came out and took possession of the scorpion.

There are about 1,300 species of scorpions worldwide, according to www.doyourownpestcontrol.com. Most are not poisonous, except for two species found in the southwestern states like Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas.

Scorpions are nocturnal, predatory animals that feed on a variety of insects, spiders, centipedes, and other scorpions. The larger scorpions occasionally feed on vertebrates, such as smaller lizards, snakes, and mice.


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: animalrights; environment
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It's a sad, sad commentary on my life that I KNEW what their biggest hit was, LOL! (Rock You Like A Hurricane) Bwaaaa-Haaaaa-Haaaa!
1 posted on 08/16/2008 6:19:43 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I found a scorpion (we called them stinging lizards) a year or so back and simply stomped on it. Not exactly big news.


2 posted on 08/16/2008 6:22:40 PM PDT by yarddog
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

“The Zoo” was a better tune and for date night music “Still” couldn’t be beat.


3 posted on 08/16/2008 6:24:30 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Voting Conservative isn't for the faint of heart.)
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To: cripplecreek

Big City Nights, and of course, Winds of Change.


4 posted on 08/16/2008 6:26:00 PM PDT by Shaun_MD
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To: yarddog
Small brown scorpions are everywhere here in the Missouri Ozarks. The first “tap” is saltwater, carrying no poison. The second will leave a big red bump on your hand or foot that will last three weeks. The recluse spider is what we watch out for...
5 posted on 08/16/2008 6:29:41 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Scorpions skeeve me out, worse even than spiders. I’d have taken a can of Raid to the thing (and used half of it in the process, LOL).


6 posted on 08/16/2008 6:32:16 PM PDT by DemforBush
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

My next door neighbor’s son was eaten by scorpions. He was actually a pretty nice kid.


7 posted on 08/16/2008 6:32:22 PM PDT by Krankor (N)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Is this a joke?

Who would hesitate to kill a venomous vermin?

8 posted on 08/16/2008 6:34:39 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: Krankor

Hate it when that happens.


9 posted on 08/16/2008 6:35:57 PM PDT by Shaun_MD
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To: Krankor

Tasty Too!


10 posted on 08/16/2008 6:36:08 PM PDT by NRA1776
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To: Krankor

How sad … ;-(


11 posted on 08/16/2008 6:36:26 PM PDT by doc1019 (I was taught to respect my elders, but it's getting harder to find one.)
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To: NRA1776

Deep fry ‘em, and serve ‘em on a skewer. That’s what the Chinese do - yum, yum.


12 posted on 08/16/2008 6:37:53 PM PDT by centurion316
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To: centurion316

You been watchin’ too much Olympics!
susie


13 posted on 08/16/2008 6:40:02 PM PDT by brytlea (Obama--Jimmy Carter's Second Term)
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To: Krankor

Yeah, yeah....

And a moose once bit my sister before she could stune her beeber.


14 posted on 08/16/2008 6:41:28 PM PDT by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Rub squished up jewelweed stems & leaves on the area and hold them there for a moment until the pain goes away — jewelweed works faster than any commercial topical stuff against pain and itching, including poison ivy. The spot won’t swell up or be red for long. Jewelweed grows along creeks in the Ozarks- often conveniently where poison ivy is- and has small funny-looking orange flowers that hang on tiny threadlike stalks. Hummingbirds go crazy for them. The seed pods, when touched, spring open and fling seeds several feet from the plant. If you don’t have jewelweed around when you need it, you can find a close relative in any store’s garden department called ‘impatiens’ — impatiens work almost as well and it’s worth keeping a few pots of them around the yard especially in fire ant country.


15 posted on 08/16/2008 6:47:22 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude Adjustments Offered Here Free of Charge)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
a Humane Officer came out and took possession of the scorpion.

Seems like an expensive way to get rid of a bug. Down here we simply stomp them into the ground. Only takes a second.

16 posted on 08/16/2008 6:57:32 PM PDT by McLynnan
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And a moose once bit my sister before she could stune her beeber.

This is hugh.....I'm series!

17 posted on 08/16/2008 7:06:02 PM PDT by Diego1618
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

I was stung by a scorpion here in the Ozarks, walking in a barn door, it dropped down and hammered me on the upper shoulder on the back, felt like a 2x4 with a nail in it. Ir knocked me down, I am not kidding.

Had an exquisitely painful red spot, and it did take about a month to heal. Very sore muscles, until it did.


18 posted on 08/16/2008 7:11:03 PM PDT by Judith Anne
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To: BenLurkin

PETA


19 posted on 08/16/2008 7:17:41 PM PDT by pennboricua
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Hasn’t the animal protection society taken control of the farm yet to protect the scorpions against the hateful humans?


20 posted on 08/16/2008 7:18:51 PM PDT by kitkat (EX DEO LIBERTAS (From God, liberty))
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