This morning we had to get up at 4am to meet out on the soccer field for astronomy and bird calls. When we all stumbled onto the dark field with our eyes still shut, we set out a couple blankets and plopped down. Sean and Nellie were quite enthusiastic of course, but everyone else was dead silent. It was pretty chilly this morning and there were no stars out in the sky! At this point Sean said well since there are no stars we have to just sit here and wait for the bird calls, which didn’t come for another hour! Finally we heard our first call which was a pair of Scops owls calling to one another, quickly followed by hornbills, grey headed ghost shrike, babblers, and the cape turtle dove. Just as we were talking about the interesting power facts of these birds Moses jumped up from right next to me and yelled, without hesitation I did the exact same without looking! My first thought was “snake” as my heart pounded out of my chest i managed to turn around and go back to see what everyone was crowded around. It was a giant scorpion! and it was headed within inches of my hand! Well I’m sure this would have creeped anyone out , but it just about send me back home on a plane! I was so distraught the rest of the lecture that i couldn’t even focus anymore and kept my eyes peered onto the ground. The golden rule with scorpions we learned and is also portrayed in Indiana Jones is the larger the pincers and smaller the stinger the less venomous they are and the smaller the pincers and larger the stinger was the more venomous. So luckily for me a) I wasn’t stung and b) it had the same size pincers and stinger! whew talk about a close call, especially since a man here rushed to the hospital after he was stung by one !
No related posts.
Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
