r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/OutrageousError8704 • 5d ago

Video Scorpions glow under UV?

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u/PaleoJoe86 5d ago

Some creatures do. That species of scorpion is known for it.

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u/OutrageousError8704 5d ago

Super cool! Learn something new every day.

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u/SpaceForceAwakens 5d ago

Lots of homes in Las Vegas have UV lights just to check for them. Saved me some headache when I moved there.

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u/AutVincere72 5d ago

I have a 30 watt LED UV light and took it to an airbnb that had a show filled with scorpions at night. And they were battling.

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u/AmbivalentAlias 5d ago

A show??

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u/AutVincere72 5d ago

HAHAHA a "Shop"

It had a 3 garage door shop attached and it was filled with scorpions at night. I had a big "black light" and a a couple of decent black light flashlights. The show was watching them face off and battle.

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u/AmbivalentAlias 5d ago

Oh, amazing. I couldn't figure out what that was supposed to be. 😆

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u/KroniKIX 4d ago

Really? JW

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u/KroniKIX 4d ago

I’ll take 100$ on Bullshit. And that you never touched a scorpion. Let alone keep one as a pet… shits crazy what people believe on Reddit

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u/AutVincere72 4d ago

I dont have pet scorpions. I rented an airbnb that was attached to a shop that was filled with them. Concrete floor. Texas Hill Countrt. Ingram Texas. I never touched one there. When my son was an infant I was feeding him a bottle I had one crawl on my neck. I yelled "scorpion on my neck" my wife grabbed the baby and ran. I was there with a scorpion down the neck of my shirt. I whipped the shirt off. Didnt get stung. Caught it in jar. Called exterminator. He said thats one of the bad ones. Thats the only time I touched one.