tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post2120301575895535553..comments2024-03-22T21:58:18.933+00:00Comments on ShukerNature: IT'S THE BIGGEST AMBLYPYGID IN THE WORLD! WHIPPING UP SOME INTEREST IN WHIP SCORPIONSAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15628598508836601012noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-77409227307071695752018-03-09T21:18:36.695+00:002018-03-09T21:18:36.695+00:00I think that fear of something strange and unknown...I think that fear of something strange and unknown is actually a major inbuilt survival tactic, preventing us from placing ourselves in close contact with something of which we have no prior knowledge but which may be dangerous to us. Without fear, we might well get too close to such an object and risk receiving dire consequences. Very glad that you enjoy my blog so much! All the best, KarlDr Karl Shukerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222845702628862829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-13755330191139271042018-03-09T02:06:32.566+00:002018-03-09T02:06:32.566+00:00Hello Karl, i am a fan of your blog and the many i...Hello Karl, i am a fan of your blog and the many interesting species you often talk about here.<br />Amblypygids are very interesting to me because of my first encounter with them, which was much less pleasant than yours. <br />My family lives in rural Mexico, and when i was a kid i was used to having to kill scorpions or spiders than wandered into the house, so the day i suddenly saw what could only be some unholy mix of a spider and a scorpion hanging on the wall of the shed outside my house my only reaction was that i had to kill it before it had a chance to kill me. So i tried to kill it with a shoe, but missed (they are quite fast as you noted), so i did the only sensible thing and ran the hell away, convinced that it would try to get revenge on me.<br />And sure, a couple weeks after that i ran into it again, at night, this time hidden under the stairs inside my home, unfortunately for it and lucky for my mental stability, this time i was able to kill it.<br />For many years i was unsure of its nature, until i found a picture of a whip scorpion sometime during highschool, from there it was easy to track its real identity as an Amblypygid (I was pleasantly surprised to be able to identify it when it appeared on HP a couple years later).<br />Knowing what i know about them now, i regret killing it, it is a sad fact of human nature that our first reaction to the strange and unknown its fear.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01381892321388228110noreply@blogger.com