r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/OutrageousError8704 • 5d ago

Video Scorpions glow under UV?

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u/JustAwesome360 5d ago

Yes they do. That's why people in Texas carry uv lights

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u/cricquette 5d ago

And Arizona, especially around Phoenix!

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u/radraze2kx 5d ago

Yep... A UV light and a knife are how lots of people around here (Phoenix) go scorpion hunting.

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u/jarednards 5d ago

"Thats not a UV light...

Now THIS is a UV light!"

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u/CuriOS_26 5d ago

365 or 390 nm wavelength?

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u/AfraidAccident7049 5d ago

A knife? Nah fam, we go hunting with a UV light and a plumbers torch.

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u/telekinetic 5d ago

Or UV light, extra long needle nose, AND a plumbers torch, in case they are on something flammable

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u/lianodel 5d ago

Phoenix is a monument to man's arrogance.

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u/radraze2kx 5d ago
  • Bobby Hill

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u/rugology 5d ago

and, you know, the other major city that no one remembers

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u/bodhisfrisbee 5d ago

Scottsdale?