Cool Pix from work (pix)

[Trip]

Originally Posted by tommymac

So what your saying is you also have non native species that were introduced to the area too?

Tom

Yeah, we have some accidental species, here is a pretty decent site that shows one that is native and one non native.

http://www.tennessee.gov/environment...e/scorpion.htm

[goof2]

Originally Posted by drewpy

I am a total nerd and this is what my current research is:

Thermal preference of invasive and native scorpions from the central TN region

FLIR makes some pretty cool stuff. In this one there appears to be another lighter image of a scorpion above the main one. Was it near something that was reflecting its heat signature?

[HurricaneHeather]

Nerds.

I like the pretty pictures.

[z06boy]

Originally Posted by Trip

We do have some native species, I had one the doorknob of my basement door when I lived with my parents back in high school. Thing freaked me the fuck out.

My father is from Knoxville and I've spent quite a bit of time there on and off and the Gatlinburg area and really had no idea...guess I can post this in the "Today I learned" thread.

Crap...next time I'm in the woods around there I'll be looking around a little more now.

[z06boy]

Originally Posted by HurricaneHeather

Nerds.

I like the pretty pictures.

You sound like...

[dReWpY]

Originally Posted by goof2

FLIR makes some pretty cool stuff. In this one there appears to be another lighter image of a scorpion above the main one. Was it near something that was reflecting its heat signature?

it was near the side of the terrarium

[HurricaneHeather]

Originally Posted by z06boy

You sound like...

You have no idea how much my husband and I enjoy that show for that very reason. He is an uber nerd and I just get this glazed look on my face when he starts talking and then I change the subject to something I want to talk about.

I'm not sure why he tries to explain anything to me. I'm not going to get it.

[Trip]

FLIR is awesome, we use it a ton in the electrical world. We take it outside sometimes to see how many deer we can find. Sometimes you see about a 100 of them damn things out there.

[HurricaneHeather]

Originally Posted by Trip

FLIR is awesome, we use it a ton in the electrical world. We take it outside sometimes to see how many deer we can find. Sometimes you see about a 100 of them damn things out there.

Dude, what if you saw a bunch of people out there doing satanic worship or something....scary.

It's getting close to Halloween so everything is scary.

[Rider]

Originally Posted by Trip

FLIR is awesome, we use it a ton in the electrical world. We take it outside sometimes to see how many deer we can find. Sometimes you see about a 100 of them damn things out there.

Shit a high intensity spot light is all you need to see deer at night. Their eyes reflect the light nicely even if you are beyond the range of the spot light. I've literally seen dozens of pairs of eyes staring back at me in a pitch black field. Kind of creepy sometimes.