Creepy beasts in Thailand
It has happened to me a few times now, face to face with creepy beasts in Thailand. I also don't know what is true about men being less afraid of creepy crawlies. But I do know that the men I know do not suddenly become very tough when I see another scary animal.
Scorpion
So last night it happened to me again, a scorpion in my bathroom. It really was a hair or I would have stood on top of it; my big toe touched his nose.
Or that the devil plays with it, something like this usually happens to me when my husband has just left and I have to solve it alone.
Screaming is of no use neither the scorpion nor the neighbors can hear me. A leap backwards with a freakishly fast heartbeat and a stifled scream gave me a moment to consider what to do.
I needed to go to the toilet and because the beast remained very still, I decided to step over him, first pee, then take pictures and then kill the beast.
I'm very sorry for the animal lovers, but I don't know much about animals, I only know scorpions from terrible stories and horror films. I did not want and could not give him the option of letting the animal live until he might decide to leave my house or hide and sting me at an unguarded moment.
Neighbour
After I posted the photos on Facebook asking if anyone knew this species, I naturally received the necessary responses, including confirmation that it was a scorpion and yes, it was poisonous. My neighbor wrote back via Facebook, yes it is a scorpion and my advice is to kill it, always useful, a neighbor like that... My husband supported me by phone from Bangkok, is he dead? Yes, he's dead, but he's still there. Okay, just call me when it's cleaned up and be careful...
Today I saw my other neighbour, I showed him the pictures and he was very impressed. He had never seen a scorpion here before and wondered what he could have done if I had called him as he is extremely wary of scorpions. He knows people who have been bitten and knows that it hurts a lot!
The bottom line is that men are probably just as afraid of these types of beasts, but nature "usually" commands them to come to the woman's aid. If my husband had been here, he would of course have been screwed too and I would have stood behind the door and watched in horror.
Rog
Unfortunately, they are not the only scary creatures that have crossed my Thai path, I was bitten here for the first time by a Stingray (ray), at least according to my neighbors it was a Stingray. A very strange sensation: first you feel a string of stitches and then you see a red stripe appear, which gives a strange kind of burning feeling throughout your arm. I have to admit, the pain was really not extreme, but I was a little worried, is the animal poisonous? Should I go to the doctor? No one could really give a clear answer, so I kept a close eye on “my injury”. I ignored the advice to pee on my arm for a while. I wanted to follow the advice to spread fresh Aloe Vera on it, but unfortunately I didn't have it available.
Fortunately, after a short time the slight pain disappeared and over time the red stripe too. At least I know I'm not allergic to a Stingray or any other beast like that.
Incidentally, please note: with a scorpion bite, it is always advisable to visit the doctor.
Snakes
I have also been able to greet a snake (little snake) several times, the first time was in Krabi on a terrace where everyone (both men and women) stood screaming on tables and chairs and a number of Thais went after it with a cleaver. They never found him. The second time was in a store next to a restaurant where we were eating. Suddenly there was a lot of commotion, so take a look, there turned out to be a frightened gray snake hiding from its attackers.
Those same attackers later saved me from certain death by removing a snake from my garden. That same evening I learned that they had released him 50 meters further.
It turned out to be a very harmless little snake, but hey, how was I supposed to know that...? That evening, my husband casually told me over the phone that he had also spotted a snake in the bedroom once, but did not want to tell me about it at the time.
Another time I unexpectedly saw a daughter of a friend step on a bright green snake. Fortunately, the child is lightweight and the snake squirming, very startled, without biting, quickly from under her slippers.
More creepy beasts
My life here in Thailand is great, but will I ever get used to those creepy beasts? I have a very hard time about it. I'm not even talking about the enormous cockroaches, one of which sat comfortably on my back and one of which fell on a friend's face. The geckos that dart from everywhere and can walk over your hands and feet in a frightened state. The enormous spiders, the monitor lizards, the, in my opinion, gigantic beetles, the sand flies that give you a pleasant itch for weeks and other (un)known animal species.
Don't forget the wild dogs on it beach who are too lazy during the day to even raise an eyelid, but at dusk when it's lovely to take a walk on the beach, aggressively growling and barking at you. It is therefore advisable to bring a stick and if necessary sell them a big whack!
Finally, the huge rats that I experienced in Bangkok. Very relaxed I walked with a shopping bag through a quiet street in Bangkok until suddenly a rat came walking next to me. Relaxed walking was no longer an option for me. I ran home at a brisk pace, leaving the rat hungry and in despair. Fortunately, it was not as bad as my neighbor's who had the rat happily walking over his feet.
What am I doing there?
Now you may think what is a person doing there and to be honest at such moments that sometimes crosses my mind. But these inconveniences do not outweigh the wonderful life here, where the weather, the food, the luxury of delicious affordable body care such as beauty treatments, massage, pedicure, manicure, etc. play a major role.
So would creepy beasts be a reason for me to move back to the Netherlands? My answer is a very clear NO!
Am I suddenly no longer afraid and am I now a hero? NO, definitely not! After the many creepy, frightening encounters that also provide a nice story and of course end well, I do feel very cool...
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Nice article and I like it. I live in the Suvarnabhumi area, an area that was once a swamp. There are still many swampy areas around here including behind my house/office. Once in a while there is a snake in the kitchen that we have to work out somehow. Big spiders in the toilet and the toilet bowl….we have had that a few times already….
The so-called takaab (a large centipede?) is also occasionally spotted in the office…..according to hearsay, a bite from this beast seems to be quite painful, fortunately I have no experience with that myself.
As soon as the ladies in the office start screaming and stand on their desks, we know that another beast has been seen and the gentlemen can take action. I'm not afraid, but pleasant is different. Before I walk into the kitchen or sit on the toilet these days, I first check if everything is safe…..you never know….
For fun you should spread your fingers and thumb as wide as possible (ie make your hand as big as possible…)
Well, that's how big was the spider on the wall winking at me in Chonburi.
Usually I put spiders outside for a while but in this case I really didn't know what to do. I was about to go shopping and the garden door is open day and night so I hoped the animal would go outside to play on its own again.
Once home, he was indeed gone. Phew lucky, I thought.
Until that evening I heard a lot of screaming (and fighting noises) from the toilet from my visitors, the spider unfortunately did not survive.
When the animal was still in full health, I took a few pictures of it. Unfortunately you cannot see the size in the photos. I wasn't afraid of course, but I didn't want to scare the animal or anything. that's why I stayed a meter 3-4 away from it. :-)
I think you were bitten by a jellyfish instead of a stingray. Those jellyfish have very long threads that can cause burns and even death.
Yes, I have a problem with the animals, but our house has screen doors everywhere and that works very well.
You see cockroaches popping up in the strangest places, recently in O'riley bar a really big one came out from behind the couch I was sitting on. The waiter came right over with a napkin and grabbed it and ushered it out the door.
Piet, rather write with a very small chance of death. Most people who die after a jellyfish bite do not die from the sting, but from drowning due to panic. And this is very rare.
There are many more people who just spontaneously drown or are run over by jet skis
I completely agree with you, a jellyfish gives stripes and a ray, I know from my own experience in Kaolak hits its thorn in my foot
Extremely painful, go straight to a hospital emergency room. The doctor immediately realized that, as he said, it was a tongmong fish, i.e. a ray.
Screaming pain, anesthesia and the remains of the spine cut out.
I had a lot of pain for 10 days and had daily checks at the aid station and various medications.
By the way, the treatment was free and the following year I delivered a pack of stroopwafels and rulprnbollrn
I wouldn't wish it on anyone
Hans
yes, that is the other side of exciting Thailand, here in Bangkok yesterday also a large green snake in front of the door (according to Thai, non-toxic) and go here in the evening, rats galore, yes, it's all part of it I think me, but less so
I was recently riding the scooter through the rice fields with my son in the isaan.,
and after driving nonstop for 20 minutes, I feel something about my right foot
walking, I looked and was shocked at first thought a snake but it was quite a lizard
of about 35 cm I shook my leg back and forth and the beast flew into the air, relieved
we drove on again.
Rats can be found in the strangest places.
On Khaosanroad, a rat was just eating the food they had placed with a Buddha. This was just during the day.
The monitor lizards crawling out of the water in Lumpini park. Terrifying? The Thai laughs about it, but I still find it frightening.
Chatuchak park where you can relax during the day, but in the evening when everyone has left, the rats crawl through the park.
From the walking path around the park you can see the huge amount of rats walking.
Fortunately no snakes encountered yet.
You see cockroaches here and there and also in restaurants.
I won't get used to this but you know it's going around.
The monitor lizards in Lumini, I know them…..by now….. However, when I was in Thailand for the first time, I didn't know that these animals were in Lumpini Park. Traveling with a friend and rented a pedal boat in Lumpini for the first day of the holiday. Such a relaxing trip on the water, until we saw a large head coming out of the water right next to the pedal boat. Ignorant as we were, we were shocked and never have I pedaled harder than that time…..
But certainly not every Thai laughs at the monitor lizards in Lumpini Park :).
After pedal boating, safely back on the mainland, walked through the park. A Thai student was absorbed in her textbooks on the grass near the water. Suddenly such a large monitor lizard crawled out of the water onto the land. The lady apparently saw some movement in the corner of her eye, looked up from her books and saw the monitor lizard a few meters away. I have never seen anyone jump so high into the air…. She threw her textbooks in the air, screamed and ran away. I don't know if she finally came back to pick up her books...
Dear Ger,
I don't think there are any scary people, of course there are exceptions, there are different people and that makes them scary for some people.
Anyway to stick to my story I find these kind of animals just creepy unfortunately can't help it. If it were up to me I would like to go through 1 door with these animals without fear and horror, unfortunately I and I am afraid many with me look at these types of (in) vermin differently.
I don't think there are any scary animals, only scary people. Beasts defend themselves and want to eat, so if you encounter an animal chase it away by stamping your feet and in almost all cases IT will retreat and hide. If a farang or Thai is bitten, it is in most cases when catching or trying to kill the animal. In practice, however, you hardly ever hear that a farang or tourist has been bitten, usually it is people who work in the rice fields and then accidentally step on a snake. For the rest, it's all pretty good. Things are worse with homo sapiens when I read the newspapers, at least. Murder and manslaughter, assault, etc. So I do not agree with the writers of the above because among them there is only 1 who has been bitten. So it's all pretty good.
buriram is teeming with all those creepy beasts,
it seems that the centepedes always target my wife, if someone is bitten it's her, I go all out when I see something again, she lies double and says I'm acting up, the other day I saw her again grab a hoe and disappear behind the shop when she came back I asked snake? yep the answer was was he dangerous? I don't know he was yellow black, poisonous? I don't know and now stop whining life goes on, they are now going to jack up the house and make it creepy proof, otherwise the farang wouldn't dare to sleep there.
I usually let the Geckos do their thing, they often ensure that some insects (including mosquitoes) disappear from your room. Last year on Koh Chang I punched a hole in the wall of my house. There was a whopper of a spider on the thin woven wall of my bedroom. I had just gotten out of the shower when he was right above my pillow. I was very shocked, but to run out of my house screaming, naked didn't seem like such a good plan either. I grabbed my shoe and beat it hard (it didn't die overnight) until it really didn't move anymore. But with the result that there was a hole in the wall. An invitation to more insects. I pasted a photo that was taped to the wall a little further on and left for another location the next morning.
Of course the fear is mainly between the ears, but I am also not fond of spiders, scorpions and snakes. Fortunately, they usually don't do anything.
In Amsterdam you can also be confronted with unwanted guests. Once, on an early cold morning at the Central Station in Amsterdam, I saw a fat rat nestling carefully under the coat of a stray woman sleeping there, looking for human warmth. You really seem to have to watch out for such a takaab, not quite deadly but very unpleasant. The Thai dogs are a crime, especially for people who like to go for a run, but you will also be attacked as a moped rider. Having a stick ready is indeed a requirement. We have outgrown nature a bit.
@Bram, you hit the nail on the head! The farangs want to live as naturally as possible and as authentically Thai as possible, preferably with air conditioning in every room, internet, large SUV, swimming pool (really average Thai) and with a beautiful Dutch income or benefit. Meanwhile, the animals and insects are disturbed when they enter their area. Then live in the big city, like Bnagkok, where the "nuisance" will be less, or return to the Netherlands, you will have to do with less luxury and live more like the average Dutchman.
Short-sighted response.
How many people in the Netherlands have a phobia of spiders, etc. Where should they live?
Should farang with fear of flying than by boat to Thailand is the same statement
The percentage of vermin is also high in Bangkok. I don't understand why a farang is specifically mentioned here.
Judging without evidence seems pointless to me.
It is a pity Thailandblog that these types of chat messages are posted
@Kees, this is called freedom of speech. What is acceptable and interesting to you, I or someone else considers a chat message. I myself get a bit tired when an explanation is given for the umpteenth time about how to apply for a tourist visa, while the rules can be found unchanged online, but then I think this is apparently important for others. It's not your blog or mine, but many others'. I gave my opinion on the disadvantages of living in the countryside, especially in a country that is home to many dangerous exotic animals that we in the West have never had to deal with. I remember, when I was working in a hotel in Ireland, an Australian came to me in a panic. In his room was a crane fly. That big insect could sting terribly in his eyes. He told me that almost all insects in Australia that crawled or flew could sting terribly. An innocent insect to us, unknown to him, and so will many foreigners (don't use the word farang, is apparently offensive to you) in Thailand. The unfamiliarity with the native fauna, which you can expect when you live in the countryside or in an exotic country.
Disturbing animals and insects or being shuddered and afraid of some animals and insects is something completely different in my eyes. In the Netherlands I am indeed afraid of spiders
And where does the story of air conditioning, SUV, swimming pool, etc. suddenly come from. In this story, is that something that bothers you?
It is wonderful to live in a country that you love in any way, for one it is in a cool house with a swimming pool, for the other in a hut in the countryside, everyone has their own way, but who decides in which way you can live in another country?
Scorpions, when I still lived in the ban nok I was bitten 3 times, by those little browns, at the moment you are bitten and the next few minutes you feel it burning and throbbing, but after that it only itches a bit for 2 days like being bitten by a supper mosquito when you touch the wound, this is my personal experience with the scorpion.
Apart from a few snakes, few animals in Thailand are venomous enough to kill a human being. A bite can sometimes be painful, but so can a wasp sting in the Netherlands.
Unfortunately, many people allow their actions to be driven by fear and especially ignorance, which means that animals often have to lose out. So is the scorpion from this story. Not that difficult to catch such a critter; after all, they are not true runners. I can imagine that not everyone is eager to pick up a scorpion by hand, although you can just pick it up by the tail. If you don't dare, grab a bucket or sink and a long spatula and slide the animal into the bucket and put the animal out at a good distance from your house.
There are large spiders in Thailand, but none of the arachnids is really dangerous to humans, a bite can only irritate a bit. These are also easy to remove from the house, without leaving any mess or holes in a wall. Take a towel, throw it over the animal, roll it up a bit and throw it outside. Done!
Be careful with snakes. In Thailand, many are harmless, but there are also some very poisonous specimens. Snake in the house? Close the room well so that the snake does not get further into the house or hide elsewhere. Most snakes run off when they feel threatened. There are only a few very aggressive species, including the Cobra. Beating a snake to death can be very dangerous, because the animal will behave aggressively when attacked. They can also react very quickly. Use your brain and don't go wild! If the beast is not under anything, take a long broom, press it against the ground and gently sweep/slide the beast out of your house. Is the animal under something (refrigerator is favourite), get someone who knows about it or leave the outside door open overnight. In 99,9% of cases, the beast is gone the next day.
Takaab, centepede, millipede in Thailand is not dangerous, but a bite from an adult specimen is very painful. Beast is mainly found in (dirty) damp places, often damp bathrooms/laundry rooms and hunts cockroaches there, for example. If possible, open the drain, sweep in and rinse thoroughly, or towel over it, roll it up and throw it outside.
Cockroaches, geckos, monitor lizards, beetles, all harmless. If you can get hold of them at all, just pick them up and throw them out.
What I miss are the wasps and there are a number of specimens in Thailand that can sting quite a bit. With their comb they often nest under tables and chairs outside. Can be very aggressive. I always rinse them off with a good jet from the garden hose and also regularly check the chairs and tables outside.
In short, with less fear, more sense and above all more respect for what lives around you, you can save a lot of unnecessary animal suffering!
I think a monitor lizard bite is dangerous because these animals have dangerous bacteria in their mucus. Komodo dragons bite the prey first and then wait for the bacteria to do their job. Then they can grab the prey.
A komodo dragon is in no way comparable to the dragons that roam around in Thailand or anywhere else in the world. The monitor lizards in Thailand live on mice, rats, snakes and (snake) eggs and are therefore very useful. They are harmless to humans, which does not mean that they cannot cause injuries. All monitor lizards are diggers, so they have sharp claws with which they can give heavy blows if you try to catch them. In addition, they can, from large to small, give considerable swings with their tail and they can bite. However, they are too small to inflict serious injury. In addition, they immediately run off if you come close.
Again unnecessary fear mongering!
The consequences of a bite from a centipede can be less pleasant.
See this photo:
http://cdn.saltwaterfish.com/7/78/78617cb3_centipede_5.png
A Komodo dragon is also a monitor lizard and the largest because they can reach 3 meters.
Here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45A5UM6PUFw&feature=relmfu I see specimens of at least 2 meters, so why wouldn't they have dangerous slime?
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varanen here they say nothing at all about the dangers of monitor lizards, but believe me that you do not want to be bitten by a komodo monitor lizard because you will get terrible pains / diseases.
Dare you touch those boys in the Lumphini than Bachus? Will you get me a beer in the O'reilly's Sala Daeng!
Dear Piet and Cornelis,
You have snakes and poison snakes and so you have monitor lizards and KOMODO monitor lizards. The monitor lizard family has many species and subspecies, all of which have developed or adapted in a specific way to their natural habitat. That's called evolution; Darwin wrote a lot about that. For example, the Komodo dragons are only found on a few Indonesian islands, including the Komodo islands. You will not find them in Thailand, at most in the zoo.
Recent research has shown that the Komodo dragon also has (developed) venom glands. The death of its prey is therefore not only caused by bacteria, but also by blood-thinning poison, which causes the prey to bleed to death.
As I said, the monitor lizards in Thailand are harmless, which does not mean that they cannot inflict injury.
And yes, Piet, I would dare to touch the monitor lizards, but I won't if it is not necessary. I respect every animal, especially wild animals. I will not play unnecessarily with monitor lizards with razor-sharp claws.
My argument is therefore that the monitor lizards living in Thailand, like many other animals occurring here, are harmless to humans as long as you leave them alone or treat them with the necessary respect (read knowledge and / or skill). I have a very sweet Labrador, but she will also grab you if you don't treat her with respect!
Monitor lizards can transmit diseases if a human is bitten by the bacteria they have in their mouths. They can also transmit blood poisoning. If someone is bitten, which is normally impossible if you leave the animals alone, always seek medical attention immediately. Further money….they are more afraid of us than we are of them. What has already been rightly noted here stamp hard on the ground… and they are gone. We are the intruder in their habitat and not the other way around, which is sometimes wrongly thought. If people would clean up their mess and waste everywhere… there would be much less “nuisance” from so-called “scary critters”.
Earlier this year in a TV documentary who saw Komodo dragons; it also discussed – and was also demonstrated – what Piet wrote above about the bacteria in their mucus with which they slowly let their 'bitten' prey – even huge buffaloes – die. I wouldn't be surprised if smaller species of monitor lizards have also inherited something from that………
I find the many centipedes here in Thailand creepy and I also remove them from our house and make a big bow somewhere else. I've also been stung by a small scorpion that got into my pants. Luckily not in my private parts. The sting or bite of a centipede would be much worse…
But there are also plenty of nice animals to see: the geckos, the many frogs around our house (we live between the pineapple fields), the occasional monitor lizard. I have also encountered a snake and was amazed at the speed with which the animal crawled away.
But the worst thing is the many flies, when they want to eat on my plate. The mosquitoes that sting me when I once again forgot the anti-mosquito spray. And the mass flight of the flying ants when the rainy season begins. Terrible, those stinking heaps of fat bodies, the millions of wings that lie everywhere afterwards. It's only a few days, but what an invasion.
And then there are the red beetles, I don't know the name. They don't do much, but come in large numbers and apparently live off other dead animals as well. And I see them mating all the time…. what strange critters..
Ants…. the big red ones are to me the most horrible kind there is. And the little mini ants that diligently pick up everything that is edible for them. For a while they found my laptop interesting, but after spraying poison on different sides of the device a few times, they stay away too.
But you learn to live with it. I feel less bothered by the scary animals here than by wasps in the Netherlands…
It is wrong in the article and in several comments. Scorpions don't bite, they sting. A centipede bites.
In my experience, the sting of the big black scorpion is not that painful. A little in the order of a bee sting. But the stroke of the little brown (not called a scorpion in Thai) is very painful. But as you can read here, that is not the same for everyone. That is an interesting fact.
Already stung three times by such a light-colored scorpion, this hurts for a while and then it tingles for a few more hours, don't worry too much about it
But the night I dreamed that my arm was on fire and woke up from the pain with two drops of fluid coming out of a wound, I panicked for a while, my whole arm looked red and it seemed like I was on fire, at first thought to be a snakebite but found a centipede in bed after further investigation.
Been really off the map for two days and never had so much pain so watch out with those centipedes
gr
ronny
As far as I know you have 2 species of centipedes in Thailand and I have also encountered them in Cambodia. I've always been told those with a flat body are the poisonous ones and they also occur here at my house. I live in the Isaan in the countryside, at the beginning of the rice fields and I've seen a whole zoo come and go here, so to speak. Flat and round centipedes (not dangerous), Tokais (brown spotted lizards, (poisonous)), Khinleen (beautiful lizards, about 30 cm long and not poisonous, don't bite either, I've had them in my hands a few times ), all kinds of snakes big and small, venomous (cobras) and non-venomous, little brown scorpions, no bigger than a fingernail…. We have 6 dogs and they let us know if there is another snake in the garden: if it's a poisonous one, they will bark at it but won't touch it. If it's one that isn't poisonous, they'll just bite it to death. I once had a sliding door not working properly and when sliding it back and forth, a snake fell on my arm, slid off and took off quickly as lightning, it turned out to be one of the most poisonous snakes to be here in Thailand. It was a bit scary. On another occasion I was working in the garden when I suddenly felt a vibration in my foot. There was a small snake coiled right next to my heel, I took a step back and the snake uncoiled and crawled past the fence. Recently there was a small thin snake on the floor next to the front door with its mouth wide open and pointing upwards. The dogs barked at it, but didn't touch it: a poisonous one, so I killed them with a hoe on a long handle. That's how I once killed a small cobra that sat next to the house. In the beginning that we lived in Thailand I was very afraid of those serpents, but now I am very careful with them, you never know that they will attack you and then you can be in trouble.
A snake that makes itself out of FEET.
I'd like to see that.
a good bookshop sells small guides on reptiles that occur in Thailand, I think also with a section for insects very useful (to read in advance).
be prepared to meet a new roommate (especially if you live outside the city), this one is also likely to be shocked at a sudden meeting, with a soft long-haired sweeper you can get most animals out of the house.
If you see cute frogs, toads, geckos, and snakes, know their food insects, mice, and rats are also nearby.
The website https://www.thailandsnakes.com/ gives all information about snakes. They also organize excursions and have three booklets for sale.
One of the most important messages is that black and white snakes can be very deadly. Then it's about a Krait. Resembles the harmless wolf snake. Cobras are easier to spot.
For lovers of good and instructive literature.
@Ruud: well, in a manner of speaking hee. 🙂 @Fred De Kreij: Take a look at Google and search for “snakes in Thailand”. You can also download an e-book for free on that website in which the most common snakes with photos and explanations can be found here. It's in English, they're not all in there, I've seen a few here that aren't listed. Other Thai animal species must also be found on Google.
Hi,
In the isaan they just eat that rat. 😛
Pretty good to eat by the way.. 😉
Greetings,
Kwaipuak
In Groningen also: ”le lapin de l'eau” is on the menu.
Here in Chang Mai between the travel fields this afternoon quietly enjoyed my bungalo until I heard hiss, green snake had already approached to about 50 cm. I jumped straight like crazy. Neighbor came with a long bamboo stick. Snake gone, but I don't dare sit there anymore. Just thinking the snake is coming back to visit?
Take a stick with you, gently hit the ground and the snake disappears.
Just a small comment though. The scorpions found in Thailand are NOT KILLAL. It is not much more than what you feel with a bee / wasp sting. Next time just pick up the animal with a piece of newspaper, cardboard or something and put it outside again.
In addition to scorpions and centipedes, mosquitoes and wasps, this week, for the second time, I have been painfully acquainted with small bees, the size of flies. This time they had found a spot behind the pond. When I had to be there to remove something, I was there in my swimming trunks, completely unprotected. I don't know how many stitches I had in my leg, it itches terribly at times. When they struck I jumped into the pond within seconds. What little bastards.
I took a bottle of poison and sprayed it where I suspected them. I don't know if they're gone, but I'll have to do something about it...
Well, if I had one reason not to move to Thailand permanently, only one, it would be the creepy crawlies.
I am absolutely not a hero and would rather not have them in my area, so certainly not in my house.
If we ever live in Thailand, and we will, it will be a penthouse on the 50th floor in a big city with air conditioning that is set at 24°C 24 hours a day
I will definitely not encounter snakes and spiders and scorpions there.
No, the fauna part in Thailand is not the most interesting in my opinion, not in the house anyway!
You can fight scorpions with a booted foot, or with a portion of insect spray.
Have a link for you.
http://www.siam-info.com/english/snales_common.html
Scorpions and centipedes can be picked up with tongs used for charcoal cubes; many families have them at home. Then deposit the animal with someone who has chickens and they will benefit from it; trampling to death means that only the ants eat it.
However scary, animals have a function in nature and deal with it better than we humans; we are just primates who foul and destroy our own nest.
The writer of this story should become a "recognized official" writer. What a humor and fantastic to make such a creepy subject still pleasant to read. Congratulations Madam!
I am less bothered by the animal kingdom than by humanity.
In most cases, no matter how dangerous they seem, most animals will leave you alone if you don't disturb them.