Here in Arizona we have wall-to-wall rattlesnakes and scorpions the size of chihuahuas
Arizona is the only state I’ve ever been where some of their Rattlesnakes are protected and you’ll go to jail if you kill one of them.
Indeed we do. The wife of a fellow in another group got bit by a diamondback when she got out of her car after parking in the driveway. Fortunately it was a dry bite. Yesterday I killed a rather large bark scorpion out near my grill. Since I have been in Az, about 8.5 years the wife and I have killed well over a hundred scorps. Haven’t seen a rattler myself but will dispatch same when I do. It is only a matter of time.