Taken by Elani
And they like to live in showers – evidently. I found the critter pictured above on the shower curtain while I was washing up after a kiteboarding session. I’m not usually too squeamish about sharing space with invertebrates, but I must say I wasn’t too keen on having this little fellow hanging out in the shower with me. So, after getting my wife to thoroughly document the occasion, I got a glass, caught it, and released it outside, well away from the door to the room. After all that excitement, it was finally time to get all the salt off me and enjoy a nice scorpion free shower. Well, no such luck! There was a second one hanging out behind the inline hot water heater in the shower. It didn’t come all the way out, and at that point I was pretty much ready to just finish up and get out, so I didn’t bother to do anything about it. It didn’t come out again. In case you want a better sense of scale, here’s Elani holding her hand up (sort of) close to the first one.
Bravely taken by Elani