Tarantula

The bite of a Tarantula hurts very much and can send you to the hospital.  They say that the hairs are even more bothersome, whereas they are very small and fibrous and just by having the Tarantula walk across you, he sheds his hairs and they begin to itch and burn continually.  It is very similar to rubbing up against fiberglass but worse.  The tarantula has two fangs.

The Scorpion has two pinchers and one stinger.  They like to live in the dry desert, under anything.  People say they find them in their shoes and in the cupboard, anywhere they can hide. Most of the scorpions you will find here in Baja will not kill you, but hurt very bad.  There are some on the West coast of mainland Mexico that will kill you.  There are about 44 different species here.  Our local naturalist William will catch them for us so that we may have a peak

William can catch the scorpions with his hands!

Here is a picture of me and my favorite naturalist, William.  William Lopez-Formet is born and raised in Mexico and has been an educator all his life.  Williams’s special interest is the relationship of fruit bats, pollination and plants.  Sometimes we find bats drying in the engine room!