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 What's better p.cavimanus or h.spinifer?

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PostSubject: What's better p.cavimanus or h.spinifer?   What's better p.cavimanus or h.spinifer? Empty4/28/2009, 2:35 am

I was deciding between getting a cavimanus or a het longimanus but im not sure which to get.
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PostSubject: Re: What's better p.cavimanus or h.spinifer?   What's better p.cavimanus or h.spinifer? Empty4/28/2009, 4:29 am

lol @ title... i'd say spinifer
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PostSubject: Re: What's better p.cavimanus or h.spinifer?   What's better p.cavimanus or h.spinifer? Empty4/28/2009, 8:10 am

I'd say spinnies. beautiful glossy scorpion, little bit of attitude, and a good size.
And dig..... they could have excavated the euro tunnel in half the time it took the workmen lmfto!

They can also stridulate pretty well too Very Happy
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PostSubject: Re: What's better p.cavimanus or h.spinifer?   What's better p.cavimanus or h.spinifer? Empty4/28/2009, 10:15 am

I prefer hets -- P. cavimanus will rip your face off.
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PostSubject: Re: What's better p.cavimanus or h.spinifer?   What's better p.cavimanus or h.spinifer? Empty4/28/2009, 10:51 am

Ok thanks. I was tempted to go for p. cavimanus but apparently hets are very aggressive and they dont hesitate to sting and it hurts alot. Is this true?

( so far, you're persuading me to go for a het lol)
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PostSubject: Re: What's better p.cavimanus or h.spinifer?   What's better p.cavimanus or h.spinifer? Empty4/28/2009, 11:08 am

why wouldn't you want an agrro scorp? it's a bigger challange. Smile

plus when scorpions go into little pinchy rages it is hilarious. Razz
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PostSubject: Re: What's better p.cavimanus or h.spinifer?   What's better p.cavimanus or h.spinifer? Empty4/28/2009, 11:18 am

I will want to handle it. The more you handle a scorp or an animal, the more docile it'll become. Thats why i was staying away from the het, so any info would be great.
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PostSubject: Re: What's better p.cavimanus or h.spinifer?   What's better p.cavimanus or h.spinifer? Empty4/28/2009, 11:21 am

Not true with Scorpions, if a particular scorpion is calm natured it will usually stay that way, if it is feisty it will also stay the same. Scorpions cant be tamed by frequent handling, actually too much stresses them out and this can cut down thier lifespan
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PostSubject: Re: What's better p.cavimanus or h.spinifer?   What's better p.cavimanus or h.spinifer? Empty4/28/2009, 11:58 am

only sometimes though, thats why you bring up animals to be good or bad. For example, a pitbull, many people have them and some of them are brought up to be kind and they end up that way.
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PostSubject: Re: What's better p.cavimanus or h.spinifer?   What's better p.cavimanus or h.spinifer? Empty4/28/2009, 12:01 pm

Yeah but arachnids dont have the same kind of feelings or brains as dogs or cats
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PostSubject: Re: What's better p.cavimanus or h.spinifer?   What's better p.cavimanus or h.spinifer? Empty4/28/2009, 12:08 pm

you want to handle it?.... get a hamster
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PostSubject: Re: What's better p.cavimanus or h.spinifer?   What's better p.cavimanus or h.spinifer? Empty4/28/2009, 12:13 pm

Harsh but true... scorpions get absolutely nothing from human contact. Whereas dog and hamsters enjoy and thrive on it. Thats why most scorpion keepers refer to them as thier collection as oppossed to thier pets.

Not to say that occassionally some of us dont hold some of our scorpions (including myself a few times) but some never do and have been keeping them for years.
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PostSubject: Re: What's better p.cavimanus or h.spinifer?   What's better p.cavimanus or h.spinifer? Empty4/28/2009, 12:20 pm

their brains are just a jumble of nerves and all they are programmed to do is eat, defend themselves, breed and survive, and you picking them up puts them in danger and they will just try to defend themselves and not get used to it like mammals or birds. even fish have more developed brains, and know where food comes from (ie. when you open the lid to their tank they go up for food) but a scorpion will never learn.
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PostSubject: Re: What's better p.cavimanus or h.spinifer?   What's better p.cavimanus or h.spinifer? Empty4/28/2009, 12:25 pm

They still have personalities though
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PostSubject: Re: What's better p.cavimanus or h.spinifer?   What's better p.cavimanus or h.spinifer? Empty4/28/2009, 12:26 pm

as you said earlier some are aggressive and others are not.
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PostSubject: Re: What's better p.cavimanus or h.spinifer?   What's better p.cavimanus or h.spinifer? Empty4/28/2009, 12:32 pm

also, why do people handle their scorps?
because they like to handle their animals and they enjoy it, gives them a thrill.
The thrill that cannot be attained through a hamster.
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At the end of the day they are pets. You house them, feed them, clean up after them.
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oh here we go...
handle it then. if you get pinched or stung, too bad. you wont listen to advice so its up to you what you do.
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PostSubject: Re: What's better p.cavimanus or h.spinifer?   What's better p.cavimanus or h.spinifer? Empty4/28/2009, 12:44 pm

Yeah, i understand i'm taking that risk, all i was asking was what was more aggressive and a nicer attribute p.cavimanus or het.longimanus/spinifer?

So far the first 4 answers actually helped.
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PostSubject: Re: What's better p.cavimanus or h.spinifer?   What's better p.cavimanus or h.spinifer? Empty4/28/2009, 12:48 pm

Bang Head sorry im being harsh!
i wouldnt go with a cavimanus because they just like to kill, even friendly ones.
a het spinifer is probably a good choice and a longimanus is probably a good choice too but ive never had one. do you want more than one? if so that completely rules out cavimanus.
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PostSubject: Re: What's better p.cavimanus or h.spinifer?   What's better p.cavimanus or h.spinifer? Empty4/28/2009, 1:20 pm

nah im just after one. Im not aloud anymore tanks and ive got two, one that's empty now that my male died and the other one with a gravid emp.
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PostSubject: Re: What's better p.cavimanus or h.spinifer?   What's better p.cavimanus or h.spinifer? Empty4/28/2009, 1:52 pm

As has been stated ad nauseum, there's absolutely no need to handle your scorpions, it gives them no benefit, and their ganglia are only programmed for their basic needs in nature.

Excessive handling will only be detrimental to the animal. Even my normally calm H. longimanus freaks out if she's held for more than a few minutes (see below).

Just because aggressiveness or calmness varies between specimens doesn't mean they have personalities.

I used to get excited by handling, but now I only handle for demonstrations to show the public that scorpions don't deserve the bad rep they get.

After this, if you still disregard all of our advice, don't get either of those species. In fact, I can't think of any scorpion that would respond well to handling. Even U. mordax flips out after a couple minutes and may dart off your hand and fall to its demise.

As for the aggression you asked about in Hets, I've never known one to be "sting-crazy." My experience with that genus and P. cavimanus was only warning tail-flicks. I have heard, however, that being stung by H. longimanus hurts like hell for about half an hour.
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PostSubject: Re: What's better p.cavimanus or h.spinifer?   What's better p.cavimanus or h.spinifer? Empty4/28/2009, 2:18 pm

here here, the only time I handle mine is a) when necessary e.g. rehousing or b) to demonstrate they are not evil nasty stingy things that Hollywood glamorises upon.

I admit when I was younger and first came into the hobby I used to hold my scorpions a lot, but after the 'honeymoon period' I soon realised they are better left to their own devices.

In this thread you have been given a lot of sound information about caring for your scorpions, and had a few myths put right. The decision is, of course, yours to make but I also strongly suggest you handle your collection as little as possible, and new additions should never be procured for the handling factor.
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PostSubject: Re: What's better p.cavimanus or h.spinifer?   What's better p.cavimanus or h.spinifer? Empty4/28/2009, 3:22 pm

Ok, thanks for the help.
Will try and follow advice
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I understand that it is tempting to handle your scorpions, when I got my first I handled it a few times, but to be honest the novelty wears off and it has to "thrill" to it anymore. I don't do it anymore, haven't done so for ages, don't plan to again. plus, the scorpion usually isn't to happy about it.
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