{"id":625,"date":"2011-09-18T13:08:53","date_gmt":"2011-09-18T12:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/?p=625"},"modified":"2025-05-17T19:32:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T18:32:04","slug":"african-water-scorpion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/?p=625","title":{"rendered":"African Water Scorpion?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today we came across the largest &#8220;digging scorpion&#8221; I&#8217;ve seen so far &#8211; about 3.5 inches or so from &#8220;nose&#8221; to tail. They burrow down in our garden, and this one apparently decided to burrow down into our pool. Apparently 1.5 meters of chlorinated water is no big deal for a scorpion, as he was walking around the bottom of our pool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/scorpion1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/scorpion1.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-626\" title=\"scorpion1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/scorpion1.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/scorpion1.jpg?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/scorpion1.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So to be sure, we hauled him out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/scorpion2.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/scorpion2.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-627\" title=\"scorpion2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/scorpion2.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/scorpion2.jpg?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/scorpion2.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nasty looking creatures, but we&#8217;re all about &#8220;live and let live&#8221; so we released him. &nbsp;Far away from our garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC_0747.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"638\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC_0747.jpg?resize=1024%2C638&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-628\" title=\"DSC_0747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC_0747.jpg?resize=1024%2C638&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC_0747.jpg?resize=300%2C186&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC_0747.jpg?w=1675&amp;ssl=1 1675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we came across the largest &#8220;digging scorpion&#8221; I&#8217;ve seen so far &#8211; about 3.5 inches or so from &#8220;nose&#8221; to tail. 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