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The Most Expensive Liquid in the World at $39 Million Per Gallon
Greek Reporter ^ | April 30, 2025 | Tasos Kokkinidis

Posted on 04/30/2025 6:26:48 PM PDT by Red Badger

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1 posted on 04/30/2025 6:26:48 PM PDT by Red Badger
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To: V_TWIN; FamiliarFace; dfwgator

We have scorpions in Florida too!..........

https://www.turnerpest.com/the-most-common-scorpions-in-florida/

You can start your own Scorpion Farms!.................


2 posted on 04/30/2025 6:30:13 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

“Each scorpion produces about 2 milligrams of venom daily, which is milked using a pair of tweezers and tongs. A liter is worth $10 million”. That’s a helluva job.


3 posted on 04/30/2025 6:31:29 PM PDT by kawhill (Stop by sometime, maybe I can give you some peace. Oh, I'd like that, maybe I can give it to you. )
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To: Red Badger

I’ll bet there are perfumes that beat this out....easily.


4 posted on 04/30/2025 6:35:43 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Red Badger

My Lhasa Apso dog (has long hair) would bring small scorpions inside home after pee visit outside, in St Augustine. She had too many hair for the scorpion to sting her. I would be chasing the scorpion inside house trying to stomp it with my shoe.


5 posted on 04/30/2025 6:38:31 PM PDT by Bobbyvotes (I am in mid-80's and I am not gonna change my opinions.)
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To: Red Badger

All over the desert in AZ. Check your footwear every morning.

Yea, I lived out there for a few years in a younger life.


6 posted on 04/30/2025 6:38:55 PM PDT by eyedigress (Trump is my President!)
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To: Red Badger

I’m honored!

Not planning to have a scorpion farm any time soon! ;)


7 posted on 04/30/2025 6:39:17 PM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: kawhill

And there’s YT videos about it!

And, of course, probably fake venom with all the publicity.


8 posted on 04/30/2025 6:41:36 PM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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To: Red Badger

You know, I do wish I could come back for more than a week or two every year, right? I miss so much about my home state, but yet, everyone needs to get their act together for me to do that. I could be inland, like I was growing up, but please get rid of the alligators (and scorpions) so that I can be comfortable on a river or a lake again.

I can put up with heat, humidity, hurricanes, roaches (they’re not Palmetto bugs..they’re roaches), and even (damn) Yankees, but please, for the love of God, please let me shoot an alligator on my property without the need of calling a game warden. Then I’ll be happy to move back. ❤️


9 posted on 04/30/2025 6:45:55 PM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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You wouldn’t have to do anything, really. Just hire a bunch of illegals to run it!.......................


10 posted on 04/30/2025 6:48:02 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger
The deathstalker

AKA, my ex-girlfriend.
11 posted on 04/30/2025 6:54:29 PM PDT by know.your.why
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To: eyedigress

I was born in Arizona. My folks used to put newspaper over my crib because scorpions would drop off the ceiling.


12 posted on 04/30/2025 7:04:20 PM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: Red Badger

You’re killing me, Smalls!


13 posted on 04/30/2025 7:19:26 PM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: TangoLimaSierra

Omg.


14 posted on 04/30/2025 7:20:24 PM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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"The traditional method for extracting a scorpion’s venom is simply manual milking. This involves gently stimulating the scorpion to induce venom release, collecting it directly with specialized tools."

Reminds me of the picture of the grizzly bear artificial insemination team. But they do this for real.

15 posted on 04/30/2025 7:23:23 PM PDT by Retain Mike ( Sat Cong)
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To: TangoLimaSierra

I lived in Kingman Arizona when I was a kid. The place was crawling with scorpions. Big ones. Also there were rattlesnakes galore. If I had known the scorpion venom was that valuable, I would have changed my career. By the way, I hate scorpions.


16 posted on 04/30/2025 7:33:02 PM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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To: Red Badger

Wonder if I could make some money milking venom from the scorpions 🦂 here in Texas ... nah, ill pass.


17 posted on 04/30/2025 7:44:15 PM PDT by Spacetrucker
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To: Red Badger

That sounds even harder than milking almonds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJCTIPWPNtw


18 posted on 04/30/2025 7:55:29 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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To: Spacetrucker

Everything’s bigger in Texas!..................


19 posted on 04/30/2025 7:58:23 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Sacajaweau

printer ink probably comes in third.


20 posted on 04/30/2025 8:00:28 PM PDT by FredSchwartz (What ever happened to common sense and simple logic?)
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