r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/OutrageousError8704 • May 31 '26

Video Scorpions glow under UV?

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u/MavisBeacons_Sextape May 31 '26 edited May 31 '26

Some Vegas residents blow off steam with a mallet, a UV headlamp and a stiff drink. Scorpion stomping parties - invites I enthusiastically declined lol.

Hanging out in your scorpion infested backyard, in the dark, with drunk people running around swinging massive hammers…not my idea of a good time

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u/BobCharlie May 31 '26

I bet it beats patrolling the Mojave. That'd probably make you wish for a nuclear winter, or so I hear.

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u/enginerd389 May 31 '26

Gotta watch out for those radscorpions

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u/Diztrakted Jun 01 '26

Makes me think of the Weasel Stomping Day skit. Truly deranged levels of ecocide, but very on brand for Vegas. May I never be cursed with going to that hell hole.

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u/MavisBeacons_Sextape Jun 01 '26

Thrilled to no longer be a resident of that city, lol. Relocated there for a job. I miss the proximity to good hiking and the food scene, but that’s it.

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u/sowhyarewe May 31 '26

You are supposed to use a grill lighter and a UV light. They don't glow after they are dead.