cork_soaker
04-20-2009, 10:04 AM
Step 1:
Pick one of these yellow flowers, leaving plenty of stem length. If you live near me, you should have no trouble finding one, as millions of them populate the landscape.
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/9021/img3046t.jpg
Step 2:
Find a scorpion den. They look like this. If you live near me, you should have no trouble finding one, as millions of them populate the landscape.
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/2397/img3049g.jpg
Step 3:
Insert the flower into the den until you feel it stop. Now gently pull. If you feel a slight resistance, it is likely you have "hooked" the scorpion, and he has pinched onto the flower with his pincers, as demonstrated and obscured by a twig in the out-of-focus photo below:
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/6333/img3052.jpg
Step 4:
Pull back very gently so as not to break the stem, much as you would reel in a fish gently so as not to break the line. If all goes well you have removed a freaking scorpion. Cool.
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/8315/img3058e.jpg
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/898/img3060.jpg
http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/9777/img3063.jpg
Step 5:
Quickly cover the entrance to the scorpion's den with a rock, as he will surely be eager to return, thus spoiling your enjoyment.
Step 6:
If you are male (and it is quite likely that you are), squat in the dirt with your friends and poke at the scorpion with a stick or your fingers. Watch how uses his tail to inject venom into anything you put in front of him.
http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/4121/boysdirt.jpg
Step 7:
Return to Step 1 and repeat.
This scorpion-hunting method is courtesy of my good friend Aziz who, to my utter amazement, has perfected the technique. There was much squatting in the dirt the day he showed me this little trick. Please remember to keep your scorpion tormenting to a minimum.
Pick one of these yellow flowers, leaving plenty of stem length. If you live near me, you should have no trouble finding one, as millions of them populate the landscape.
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/9021/img3046t.jpg
Step 2:
Find a scorpion den. They look like this. If you live near me, you should have no trouble finding one, as millions of them populate the landscape.
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/2397/img3049g.jpg
Step 3:
Insert the flower into the den until you feel it stop. Now gently pull. If you feel a slight resistance, it is likely you have "hooked" the scorpion, and he has pinched onto the flower with his pincers, as demonstrated and obscured by a twig in the out-of-focus photo below:
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/6333/img3052.jpg
Step 4:
Pull back very gently so as not to break the stem, much as you would reel in a fish gently so as not to break the line. If all goes well you have removed a freaking scorpion. Cool.
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/8315/img3058e.jpg
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/898/img3060.jpg
http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/9777/img3063.jpg
Step 5:
Quickly cover the entrance to the scorpion's den with a rock, as he will surely be eager to return, thus spoiling your enjoyment.
Step 6:
If you are male (and it is quite likely that you are), squat in the dirt with your friends and poke at the scorpion with a stick or your fingers. Watch how uses his tail to inject venom into anything you put in front of him.
http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/4121/boysdirt.jpg
Step 7:
Return to Step 1 and repeat.
This scorpion-hunting method is courtesy of my good friend Aziz who, to my utter amazement, has perfected the technique. There was much squatting in the dirt the day he showed me this little trick. Please remember to keep your scorpion tormenting to a minimum.