Regards,
Bruce.
Bruce Hansen, A.N.G.F.A., Advancing Australian Aquatics.
Bruce Hansen, ANGFA, caring for our aquatic ecosystems.
Please visit us at http://www.ozemail.com.au/~fisher/angfa.htm
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Boyd <andrew at pcug.org.au>
To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au <rainbowfish at pcug.org.au>
Date: Friday, 28 August 1998 11:55
Subject: [RML] Scorpion SPAM (was stung (fwd))
>
>I saw this on another list I subscribe to and couldn't resist passing it
>on - it sounds like something out of the Urban Legends list or the Darwin
>Awards pages, but no, it is from the Scorpion Enthusiast's mailing list,
>and the guy probably did just as he said. According to the experts on the
>list he will probably live, but whether he should or not is still open to
>debate ;)
>
>Cheers, Andrew
>
>______________________________________________________
>andrew at pcug.org.au http://www.tip.net.au/~andrew
>"I'd hate to disappoint you by not disappointing you."
>______________________________________________________
>
>
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 21:36:26 +0800
>From: Kian Wee <caijw at singnet.com.sg>
>Reply-To: Scorpion-Enthusiasts at wrbu.si.edu
>To: Multiple recipients of <Scorpion-Enthusiasts at wrbu.si.edu>
>Subject: stung
>
>Dear subscribers,
>
>Feeling suicidal (joking). I decide to intentionally aggravate my (10cm)
>Heterometrus longimanus to sting me to record the effects of the venom. The
>Heterometrus in question has not use its sting for at least 3 weeks. I
>disturb it for about 10 minutes to cause it to pince and sting me for
about
>4 seconds. The pincer caused minor bleeding. The sting site initially
>hurts a lot (burning and crushing sensation) and there is some mild local
>oedematous swelling (3cm or so) around the site of sting (finger). The
>region allows shows flaring (redness) and the pain subsides after about 15
>minutes. As yet, no systemic effects is experienced and the swelling has
>also become less severe. At the time of sending this mail, it had been 30
>minutes after being stung. Will keep you guys inform of the progress.
Some
>find it a rather idiotic act to do so. However, I had never experience
>first hand sting of scorpion or for that matter even bees. As such, only
by
>doing so will I understand the sensation of being stung (at least on a
>Heterometrus species basis). I will also be more in the position to tell
>others of the probable severity of Heterometrus sting. Don't worry, I do
>not intend to get stung again anytime soon. When I do, I will keep
>anti-anaphylactic medication handy.
>
>regards,
>Chua Kian Wee
>Singapore
>
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