Animal invasion!

**stroller** · 05-05-2006, 11:11 AM

Well, I got used to the ant armies, occasional cockroach and unidentified flying things to make their way across our living room, but too much is too much:
Last night I was woken up by the banging on the bedroom door, it was a giant gecko fighting with a scorpion!

The 3rd time within 2 weeks we had a scorpion in the house.
Now these things give me the creeps!

**in4zip** · 05-05-2006, 11:18 AM

get used to it Stroller... all still manageable and..

better than some chavs or skinheads
doing a number on you and yours

**Thetyim** · 05-05-2006, 11:29 AM

You will have to learn how to moderate them

**Little Chuchok** · 05-05-2006, 11:34 AM

Harden up stroll.

**kingwilly** · 05-05-2006, 11:38 AM

RU a girl or a man ?

**danbo** · 06-05-2006, 12:55 AM

You should try to imagine the Scorpion and Gecko as giant mutant creatures, a la Godzilla and....errrm Scorpion man. That way, from your perspective, you'll be a super-super giant and nothing in the world will be able to harm you....You could also eat cauliflower and make believe that it's oak trees.

**stroller** · 06-05-2006, 01:02 AM

They did appear like giant mutants for a moment when I was pulled out of dreamland.
The gecko disappeared fleeing up the wall, grabbing the scorpion and politely throwing it out of the window didn't leave much space for further imagination.

Gotta know when to sober up. I did get that one right most of my life.

**Ice Maiden** · 06-05-2006, 09:22 AM

I've never actually seen any scorpians in my house before. But I have seen snakes before quite a few times.

But I like having the gecko or two in the house because I know they feed from the annoying mosquitoes, flies and other nasty creepy crawlies.

**Eliminator** · 06-05-2006, 09:22 AM

T troller is afraid of gheckos and bugs, what a woos. It's the bugs and animals you don't see that will hurt you. I'm sure RC didn't see the scorpion that got him. I'm also confident that if RC had seen it first, it wouldn't have bitten him and he wouldn't have run screaming like a little girl.

**mrsquirrel** · 06-05-2006, 10:15 AM

I haven't seen any centipedes, snakes or scorpions in my garden and I have a

**forreachingme** · 06-05-2006, 10:29 AM

Hey Stroller, could you just grab the Gecko by your hands....

It is for a test, some told me it will stay glued or attached to the hand and you will have marks and pain...

Just to see if this is true,...... thanks man

I tried with a lizard but it did'nt work, no pain, no marks....

**stroller** · 06-05-2006, 11:38 AM

Geckos are too fast for me, and the big ones have a mean bite. I use the metal tongues from the bbq to handle the scorpions. Last year one of the larger specimens was stupid enough to show up when the bbq was going, it ended up being grilled.
Scorpions taste nice, like crab with an earthy kind of flavour.

**danbo** · 06-05-2006, 01:56 PM

Originally Posted by mrsquirrel

I haven't seen any centipedes, snakes or scorpions in my garden and I have a

....very short attention span?

**benbaaa** · 07-05-2006, 06:55 AM

^ LOL

When we had the floods in Chiang Mai last autumn, my sister-in-law killed about six black scorpions and a dozen of those long, biting centipedes as they were heading for the high ground - ie my living room. Glad she was around, actually - not only was she an efficient killing machine, she even waded to the shop to get me beer and crisps. What a star.

The Gent · 07-05-2006, 07:06 AM

Originally Posted by Little Chuchok

Harden up stroll.

Yeah, get used to it.
I used to have a giant 'doo-kaa' living behind my 'too yen'.
He was cool but the old lady didn't think so...

**stroller** · 07-05-2006, 09:50 AM

I almost dropped me coffee when one of the playing kids threw a scorpion on the breakfast table.

**Eliminator** · 08-05-2006, 07:15 AM

Originally Posted by benbaaa

^ LOL

When we had the floods in Chiang Mai last autumn, my sister-in-law killed about six black scorpions and a dozen of those long, biting centipedes as they were heading for the high ground - ie my living room. Glad she was around, actually - not only was she an efficient killing machine, she even waded to the shop to get me beer and crisps. What a star.

Since you didn't like my comment about t troller being a woos about bugs and gheckos and gave me a RED, I decided to return the favor. I did make a mistake though and shouldn't have called you "a slag", I should have just said, "you are slag". Are you a woos too, or just a lazy git that gets others to do things for them?

I think any MAN has to be a woos to be scared of little bugs and gheckos. Caution and knowledge is the key to handle these critters or even snakes, not freight.

Be sure and run to your sister-in-law the next time this happens, she seems like she's more logical about handling situations and isn't lazy either.

**stroller** · 08-05-2006, 07:48 AM

What is frightening about scorpions, is that you don't easily see them, they hide in dark places, such as behind the ref near the light-switch, and like to come into the house at night, when I am heading towards the toilet barefoot.

I haven't been stung, but they have my respect, as have giant centipedes - which you can eat as well, apparently, haven't tried it yet, the last (and first) one I hunted down ended up with the garbage.

Spiders - now that's an irrational fear ( not one of mine), I don't think there are any poisonous ones in Thailand.

The Gent · 08-05-2006, 08:07 AM

Originally Posted by Little Chuchok

Harden up stroll.

Get a grip...

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**RandomChances** · 08-05-2006, 09:27 AM

I've been biten or stung by nearly anything that flys or crawls here, apart form snakes(although they have tried a few times) and those centipied things which we dont really get many of around here. Good boot's are worth their weight in gold IMO if you are working out doors.

Scorpian stings are'nt that bad, painful but the swelling and pain does'nt last that long a few hours mabye. The first time I got stung by a scorpian was when one was hiding in a pair of shorts I put on, got me right at the top of the leg....an inch or two higher and shudder to think of the pain involved....you would not belive how quickly those shorts came off

The worse I've found are those evil looking flying ant type things ( I forget the name), they build little honeycome type nests out of mud and are very teritorial, usually stinging on mass if you get to close, picked 4 up in one go once on my arm...took days for the swelling to go down.

**stroller** · 08-05-2006, 09:45 AM

Wasps?

And was the centipede bite as bad as folklore would have it?

**RandomChances** · 08-05-2006, 10:11 AM

Originally Posted by stroller

Wasps? And was the centipede bite as bad as folklore would have it?

I said "apart form snakes and centipieds" so have'nt got biten by one yet. "Wasps?" Those really big ones? if so yes only once, they are'nt very agressive, not much worse than a bee sting. Bee's loads of times, usually dead ones. Used to have a nest somewhere in the walls, kept steping on dead bees

**kingwilly** · 08-05-2006, 10:17 AM

Originally Posted by stroller

Wasps?

And was the centipede bite as bad as folklore would have it?

some are most are not!

**stroller** · 16-05-2006, 07:59 PM

The kids poked this one to fall off the lam-yai tree some time ago:

Well it took a while for the dogs to get to it

**stroller** · 16-05-2006, 08:03 PM

This is one of the scorpions I was on about:

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