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  1. The Snark

    Alternative containment latches, locks and hinges.

    That is why I mentioned the wood glue. It provides a slick bonding surface for film adhesives or tapes to adhere to, think glazed ceramic tiles, or can be roughed up with sandpaper providing an ideal surface for other strong glues like epoxy. Controllable porosity. But if using Walmart or...
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    Problem Unable to ignore member, error.

    Query in regards to this thread topic. I briefly used the Ignore Member feature. As I recall, I received notifications, Alerts, from Ignored Member. Was this a glitch as it appears happened to the OP of this thread, or a loophole exploited (repeatedly)?
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    Inflamed looking mouth

    Can we back up a moment? The reddish color, telltale of inflammation, applies only to animals that have hemoglobin. Spiders, having hemolymph, would display grayish or slightly blue color in inflamed tissue. Do not use mammalian health indicators for exoskeletal animal health conditions. It's...
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    Does this enclosure need improvement? Thai cave

    Your average Thai cave is rock, filled with rocks, boulders, and abundant darkness. Anything else is purely aesthetics to please the keeper. However, the common large huntsman here, H Venatoria, often goes by the nickname 'the sewer rat of spiders' with the preferred habitat being just that or...
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    Why does scorpion venom potency vary so much with region?

    When I said a product of their environment it was in reference to a treatise I read which expounded upon Darwin's theories of evolution. Not the perceived environment of here and now, but a time line dating back to the origins of every living organism within that time line. The environment is...
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    Why does scorpion venom potency vary so much with region?

    As with all animals, a product of their environment.
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    Me describing my leirus quinquestriatus sting after being stung

    The topic of this thread and some comments are reminiscent of a couple of bonkers Russian engineer friends who appear to be in a race for the deep end of the swimming pool. "It's symmetrically uneven." -Oleg
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    Alternative containment latches, locks and hinges.

    I've never encountered that before. Life under a rock. :happy: I've got the perfect velcro humidity test! My wife's studio blinds adhered with the stuff to wood and mortar with it right next to her evaporative cooler. That thing consumes 2 liters of water an hour. I can hear her already: "Why...
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    Alternative containment latches, locks and hinges.

    Quality double stick tape Velcro. The same velrco that they attach wrestling and gymnastic mats together. As for adhesion to glass, acrylics or metals, or in my case right now, to flaking and chipping painted wood. Clean surfaces thoroughly with acetone. Use caution on acrylics as it can cloud...
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    Me describing my leirus quinquestriatus sting after being stung

    What info do you have on long term effects? I'm thinking about the guy that allowed himself to be bit several times by a king cobra. He died without having a recent bite. Autopsy revealed vague results as to cause of death. Surmised was the major organs simply shut down. Errata, O Hannah venom...
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    Akitas aren't dogs

    That is something I've always wanted to explore further. Some dogs pick up something with certain people. A Samoyed I was around for several years as example. Exactly like your husky description. But selective. And on a couple of occasions completely changed personalities. Encountering a vagrant...
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    (Help-ish?)Could my Asian forest scorpion have escaped?

    Welcome to the world of free ranging scorps. Don't forget to check your shoes.
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    Akitas aren't dogs

    In my limited contact with Akitas. Not a fighting animal as in territorial snarling and mindless biting hoedowns. Best would be to describe mine when the coyote packs came through. Silent as usual, never growled or barked. He didn't charge out into the field but moved at a fast walk or slow...
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    Akitas aren't dogs

    I've observed the Akita ancestors distant cousins here in Thailand in the Thai wild dog packs. They look similar to the Akita but about half their size. They range like the Akita, spreading out on a search fan with an alpha in the lead. Unlike similar wild canine, coyote and dingo, they are...
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    Akitas aren't dogs

    As best I can recall, I got a phone call. "Sadie just killed a dog and she's eating it." She had got done with her meal and what was left of the carcass removed when I arrived. Kills are food. Normal primal thinking.
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    Small white dots/insects on dying plant leaf in T enclosure

    Ethyl alcohol is a mild neuron scrambler that can have long term effects. Why take the chance?
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    Me describing my leirus quinquestriatus sting after being stung

    ... but you'll sure as heck feel it after a lightning speed tag.
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    Me describing my leirus quinquestriatus sting after being stung

    The last time I handled a hot - over 40 years ago. Brought a group of about 20 riders into the camp in the high Sierra's. People and horses milling about and a rattler hesitantly trying to get out of the crowd. Ideal opportunity so I got a good grab behind it's head. Then a revelation, this is...
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    Small white dots/insects on dying plant leaf in T enclosure

    Possibly mealybugs
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    Stainless steel perforated sheets for DIY lid for Exo-terra

    I keep thinking about a friend who called me a few months ago. Told me I had to come to his shop to check something out. On his welding table he had an assortment of pieces of plasma cut sheet metal. He put a couple of piece aside and handed me the helmet and MIG with the instructions, "Make a...
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