Some of y’all are overly afraid of scorpions and I just want you to know that some of them can swim and dive under water.
So the one in the old fable was even more of a dick than we’d been led to believe. Got it.
One time I woke up in the middle of the night to pee, and I swear I saw a scorpion in the bathroom. Freaked out like the 8 year old I was, woke my parents up. They turned on the light to the bathroom and the dog had pooped on the floor.
My mom lived in Greece long before I was born. Her residence had an outdoor bathroom system. Apparently, when my mom was pregnant with my eldest sister, she once had to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night. She got up to go out, reached for the doorknob, then had a burst of intuition. She got a light source to find her way out, only to find a giant scorpion standing right on the doorknob where her hand would have landed.
I mean if it moved like a scorpion I’d be even more afraid
They may even adorably hide in the leaves of the skimmer to give you surprise tickles.
Also, at least some of them can’t kill you! My dad got stung by one once. The ER told him the local scorpions just hurt if they stung you but to come back if he had an allergic reaction.
Generally, if they have big scary looking claws they are less reliant on their tail so their tickles aren’t so spicy. Conversely, if they have tiny claws they are heavily reliant on tail tickles.
Look, washing myself was never an option.
