So, that ginormous scorpion I was telling you about? Yeah, not a scorpion, ginormous or otherwise. I’ll be the first to tell you that I don’t know much about these things, nor have I ever had desire to learn about them, so I’m feeling quite blissful in my ignorance.
However, I did want to correct the record. I didn’t examine it too closely, though when I glanced at the claw things it seemed to me like some water critter, but of course I. Am. In. The. Woods. There is so body of water anywhere near me. (Yes, we have the Atlantic Ocean, yes there is the Gulf of Mexico, albeit even further away, and yes, there are lots of lakes, rivers, and such – just not THAT near us. Not in these woods.
So, I obviously thought it couldn’t be a water critter. Til the husband came home and I showed him the thing. Oh, that’s a craw daddy, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world (which it probably was to everyone but me). He took the jar (with the lid still on – that thing did not DIE) and took it out to the woods and set it free. Sure, so when it rains like mad again it can just come back. {shudders}
OK, so a craw daddy isn’t the vicious thing I thought it was when I mistakenly thought it was a scorpion, but still. NOT what I want to stumble across in the middle of the floor. Late at night. Uninvited.
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LOL! How bizarre. I wouldn’t have even considered a craw daddy!
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You must be in Florida! So are we. Our last base was in New Mexico and I came across a vinegaroon (google it) in our bathroom. Of course, my husband was at work. I must have entered a half can of Raid on that sucker BEFORE my neighbour told me they eat scorpions and must have been there because I had scorpions in my house. Yeah, thanks for that! Ugh.
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