I used to think scorpion bites killed too.

I suspect we have a brown recluse living in a small hole in one of our back windows. It freaks me out, but so far as long as we leave it's window closed and leave it alone, it leaves us alone. But that venom is nasty.

you can drink rattlesnake venom enough to kill ten people if betten and suffer no ill effects.

::shudder::

Are there no deadly scorpions?

Yeah, there's a distinction between venomous which needs to be introduced directly to the bloodstream or poisonous, which needs to be ingested. I would not gamble with that shit.

Are there no deadly scorpions?

Oh yes, but they're in the minority. Even with them, deaths from scorpion stings are generally limited to the young, the old, the infirm and the allergic.

you can drink rattlesnake venom enough to kill ten people if betten and suffer no ill effects.

Yeah, seriously. Who tested this?

I got stung by a bee while coaching a soccer game once. I kept on with the game which impressed my 7th-grade girls so much that they wrote a poem about it. Don't remember the poem, but it was sweet.

Scorpions OTOH, scare the bejeezus outta me.

I associate scorpions with The Rock. And I never even saw that movie.

Yeah, seriously. Who tested this?

It was on Spike TV. Might not have been the most rigourous scientific method, but you know a couple dudes tried it.

I associate scorpions with The Rock. And I never even saw that movie.

I saw that movie. You didn't miss much.

This is fantastic. Wikipedia notes that Schmidt, of the Schmidt Sting Pain Index, also gave descriptions of various stings. For instance:

Sweat bee: Light, ephemeral, almost fruity.

Bullhorn acacia ant: A rare, piercing, elevated sort of pain. Someone has fired a staple into your cheek.

Yellowjacket: Hot and smoky, almost irreverent. Imagine W. C. Fields extinguishing a cigar on your tongue.

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