I know this is an international forum, so it may not apply to you all. But here in the UK people seem to have their minds set on Scorpions being 'deady and dangerous' creatures.
It hurts me to think that a few films/programs on TV have put this into their heads.
I completely understand that we don't have any scorpions here in the UK in the wild, so people only have the impression of them which the TV gives, but I seriously wish people would open their eyes and listen!
All this came around with my mum, now I'm 20 and don't plan on staying at home for much longer. Infact me and my girlfriend are already looking at apartments/flats. But the only response I could get out of my mum when I told her I was going to buy a scorpion on my 21st (This saturday) was NO NO NO NO!
She seems to think that it will escape through the night, magically heat seek all humans in the house, jump onto our beds, sting us all to death then devour us for dinner. I was looking at the heterometorous species which we all know isn't really a killer.
Sorry for the rant, but I've just had a discussion at work about inverts, mainly scorpions and peoples opinions on these are nieve at the very least. People don't want to be told that they are fascinating creatures, there's no telling them!
It hurts me to think that a few films/programs on TV have put this into their heads.
I completely understand that we don't have any scorpions here in the UK in the wild, so people only have the impression of them which the TV gives, but I seriously wish people would open their eyes and listen!
All this came around with my mum, now I'm 20 and don't plan on staying at home for much longer. Infact me and my girlfriend are already looking at apartments/flats. But the only response I could get out of my mum when I told her I was going to buy a scorpion on my 21st (This saturday) was NO NO NO NO!
She seems to think that it will escape through the night, magically heat seek all humans in the house, jump onto our beds, sting us all to death then devour us for dinner. I was looking at the heterometorous species which we all know isn't really a killer.
Sorry for the rant, but I've just had a discussion at work about inverts, mainly scorpions and peoples opinions on these are nieve at the very least. People don't want to be told that they are fascinating creatures, there's no telling them!