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Colorado couple find 'wandering' scorpion
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| Dec. 12, 2010
Posted on 12/12/2010 10:38:57 PM PST by JoeProBono
ASPEN, Colo.- A couple in the Aspen, Colo., area say they found a bark scorpion in their house, hundreds of miles from and thousands of feet above its proper habitat.
Stanley Coriat says his wife was leaving the laundry room of their Summit Vista, Colo., home two weeks ago when she spotted a light brown scorpion trying to leave with her, The Aspen Times reported Sunday.
It was a bark scorpion, the most venomous of the species.
The range of the small bark scorpion is the Sonoran Desert and the desert Southwest.
Coriat told Eagle County health and human services officials but "I had to bring the scorpion to the community center before anybody would believe me."
Eventually, he contacted a wildlife biologist for the Aspen and Sopris Ranger Districts, who confirmed the creature was a bark scorpion.
But how it ended up where it did remains a mystery, the Times says.
TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister; Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: scorpion
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To: JoeProBono
Probably hitched a ride in on or in something.
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posted on
12/12/2010 10:43:57 PM PST
by
Outlaw Woman
(Lock & Load-Coming to a Neighborhood near you)
To: JoeProBono
Killed another black widow this evening. Never used to mind them until I got bit...
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posted on
12/12/2010 10:52:11 PM PST
by
allmost
To: Outlaw Woman
Texas Caver Catches 65 lb Scorpion!
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posted on
12/12/2010 10:52:33 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: JoeProBono
Is it’s bite worse than it’s bark?
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posted on
12/12/2010 10:55:11 PM PST
by
budwiesest
(It's that girl from Alaska, again.)
To: JoeProBono
I see dead scorpions around our house fairly frequently. A live one will be converted to a dead one by my foot.
Why didn’t she just squash this one and get on with life?
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posted on
12/12/2010 10:55:11 PM PST
by
CurlyDave
To: allmost
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posted on
12/12/2010 10:56:33 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: JoeProBono
Isn’t this what the Left calls “Bio-diversity?”
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posted on
12/12/2010 10:56:57 PM PST
by
Cowboy Bob
(Obama has demonstrated to the world the failure of Affirmative Action)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
12/12/2010 10:58:39 PM PST
by
allmost
To: budwiesest
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posted on
12/12/2010 10:58:54 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: Outlaw Woman
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posted on
12/12/2010 11:02:18 PM PST
by
stormer
To: allmost
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posted on
12/12/2010 11:03:52 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: JoeProBono
Wandering scorpions - that's what they do.
Maybe the batteries in his GPS died.
Scorpion GPS
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posted on
12/12/2010 11:05:50 PM PST
by
smokingfrog
( ><{{{{{(0>)
To: smokingfrog
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posted on
12/12/2010 11:11:34 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: JoeProBono
Even curled up dead inside your jpeg I still want to stomp it...
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posted on
12/12/2010 11:13:32 PM PST
by
allmost
To: smokingfrog
Either due to GW or perhaps mercury poisoning from CFL’s
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posted on
12/12/2010 11:13:51 PM PST
by
barb-tex
(What else did you expect from the likes of 0? BTW, What ever happened to Rhodesia?, Oh, yes, Zimbabw)
To: JoeProBono
Illegal Meskin immigrant?
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posted on
12/12/2010 11:15:43 PM PST
by
sinanju
To: stormer
Unlike sharks, scopions have to sleep
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posted on
12/12/2010 11:17:53 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: JoeProBono
Scorpio Woman
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posted on
12/12/2010 11:31:34 PM PST
by
woofie
To: JoeProBono
LOL...that’s not even a good photo shopped pic..had me going there though...took time to load up so I was anticipating.
I’ve been meaning to ask you Joe (for months), is there anything you can’t come up with a pic for? Your posts are terrific. Do you have a collection of photos or do you just do a search? You seem to come up with pictures for alot of different topics. Anyway it’s always interesting...
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posted on
12/12/2010 11:37:59 PM PST
by
Outlaw Woman
(Lock & Load-Coming to a Neighborhood near you)
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