Yeah I've handled C. vittatus too...it just didn't end up very nicely on my endim also guilty in handling my scorps, ive already handled the ff.
I.maculatus
H.spinifer/longimanus marmoratus/petersii(?)
L.waigiensis
P.imperator
H.paucidens
C.vittatus/hentzi
the rest are no no.
i never handled L.australasiae, because im afraid to squish it between my fingers.
$h*t! Your a risk taker! I would probably handle H.paucidens and H.spinifer, if I could get the chance, but I don't know about the other ones. ( I say that because I don't know what the other ones are )
Yeah I've handled C. vittatus too...it just didn't end up very nicely on my end
...or youself! Depending on the species.I see scorpions the same way i see pet fish- they are great pets to own and observe, but picking them up and cuddling them is fairly pointless, and that may injure the pet...
Thats a pretty brave thing to say. I am on both sides of this argument. I like handling scorps, but at the same time I don't like to handle them because it stresses them out... Someday they'll probably make a domestic scorpion.... That would be cool...I handle some of my scorpions purely for entertaining or amusing myself, as bad as it sounds its the truth, although I would never want to harm any of them, I see no harm in handling them as long as it is in a responsible and respectful manner...
When you have something common to your area it's only a matter of time before your going to come into contact with it. More inquisitive than brave... Jasons been around scorps since he was 7 or so I belive. All depends on your comfort around them.Thats a pretty brave thing to say. I am on both sides of this argument. I like handling scorps, but at the same time I don't like to handle them because it stresses them out...
No, definently not.... consider what you just said.Someday they'll probably make a domestic scorpion.... That would be cool...
I can dreamNo, definently not.... consider what you just said.
well, when I was younger this was how I caught most of the scorpions that I had, just picked them up, I dont really go out of my way to handle my specimens now that I dont have to, but when I'm showing someone my scorpions it seems to put them at ease when they see me handling them and realize that scorpions are not just evil little things that sting on a whim, and also in when I go out field collecting, sometimes you just gotta pick them up or else you might not get what you want...and about the stress thing, I've never really bought into that whole thing, I doubt the scorpion remembers when the last time it was handled or that it was even hanled half an hour ago......or youself! Depending on the species.
Thats a pretty brave thing to say. I am on both sides of this argument. I like handling scorps, but at the same time I don't like to handle them because it stresses them out... Someday they'll probably make a domestic scorpion.... That would be cool...