Scorpions...I haven't seen one in a month or so (knocking on my wood desk right now). Though another friend of mine just found one a week ago. They'restill around, just not that mobile.

Snakes...a coworker of mine missed a couple days recently. When he came back, he told me he had been in the hospital due to a rattlesnake bite. He was walkingin his yard at night and felt something strike his ankle. His first though was "oh no, this is gonna suck". He saw that it was indeed a rattler andhad his wife take him to the hospital. They couldn't find any trace of venom. Turns out it was a "dry" bite...I guess a rattler can tell ifyou're a threat/dinner or not...

I love the desert.

Mike
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