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Dloy said:
I camped near Arches in Utah early Spring in 1975. Up early scouting around I found a very light green scorpion, skooched it on to a flat rock to show my pals. Fortunately it was cold out so it wasn’t very active. Later, attending a nature talk at the info center, the ranger was asked about scorpions. “There are a few around, but the only ones that can really hurt you are pale green.”
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As a gradual student at U.C.S.B., a friend and I did a late afternoon dive off the coast of Santa Barbara. I had been researching cottids / sculpins in the PNW and I was very interested to see the types of sculpins were common here in Southern California. I caught a gorgeous 6" "sculpin" - great color like a red Irish lord, in my net and then transferred it to my goody bag. After the dive, I was excited to show my dive buddy my cool find. I pulled the live fish out of the goody bag and balanced it on the palm of my bare hand to show it off. He immediately ordered "Drop it!!!" which I did without question onto the floor of the whaler. I asked him something like "So, that's not a cottid?" He said "No, that is a scorpionfish" = poisonous spines, related to lion fish, stonefish, etc.
A local name for this fish is "sculpin" but the more official common name is California scorpionfish, Scorpaena guttata. The genus name "Scorpaena" is a tribute to scorpions. These fish have poison glands at the base of grooved spines. As a spine penetrates your skin, the epithelium covering the spine is pressed down. This pressurizes the poison gland and the poison travels up the grooves into the wound. The venom can trigger fluctuations in blood pressure and EKGs. The injected venom feels like a rattlesnake bite apparently with severe throbbing pain that spreads from the site of injection and swelling and nausea. While painful, the venom is not typically fatal and stung Individuals recover in a few weeks. Scorpionfish (and their relatives), many of which are similarly venomous, are in the same order as sculpins / cottids, the Scorpaeniformes, or mail-cheeked fishes. Except for cabezon eggs, none of the cottids / sculpins are known to be venomous. A very vivid memory of a close call. We released the California scorpionfish back to the reef.
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6.2M views · 138K reactions | Engine out, grill in! Red Green's idea of a bigger barbecue is a little unconventional, to say the least. This brilliant (and highly combustible) clip is from S11E15. Watch more of Red's funniest outdoor creations in ou

Engine out, grill in! Red Green's idea of a bigger barbecue is a little unconventional, to say the least. This brilliant (and highly combustible) clip is from S11E15. Watch more of Red's funniest...
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Grilling this weekend! Make it easy on yourself!
 
Salmo_g said:
It's hard to set up a tent on slickrock. Impossible to pound in any stakes.
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Lived and camped down there from 1973-81. In good weather, slept under the stars on the slickrock. Bugs and snakes don’t live there. In campgrounds, sleep on the picnic table. During bad weather, I used a tent with an external frame. It did blow away a few times until I learned to put the cooler inside when I left. Gather your firewood (juniper) with gloves because that’s where the scorpions live.
 
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