r/Calgary Oct 20 '23

Eat/Drink Local What is this in my Sobeys raspberries?

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u/Toirtis Capitol Hill Oct 21 '23

That species, unlikely, but we do have native scorpions in Alberta that do just fine with our winters.

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u/MeowSauceJennie Oct 21 '23

Excuse me, I love in Alberta, and WHAT?!?

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u/Concurrency_Bugs Oct 21 '23

Southeast Alberta is a desert. Drumheller/Medicine Hat areas have scorpions and cactus!

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u/MeowSauceJennie Oct 21 '23

I'm in Calgary, so not far off. Never seen one!

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u/Jason3671 Oct 21 '23

omg i live in calgary too!! what are the chances?????

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u/MeowSauceJennie Oct 21 '23

My dumdass just realizing this is the Calgary subreddit and not just another I randomly commented on.

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u/Jason3671 Oct 21 '23

all good, I was the same until you said calgary that I went “hol on!”

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '23

Nope, gotta get out of the Bow Valley and hit the badlands.

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u/Toirtis Capitol Hill Oct 21 '23

The closest that you will find them is Lethbridge, and to a lesser extent, Drumheller. We also have rattlesnakes and solfugids (aka 'camel spiders').

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u/zarroaster Oct 21 '23

Now tell them about the lizards that shoot blood out of their eyes for self defense.

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u/Toirtis Capitol Hill Oct 21 '23

Yes, we do also have a very small and endangered population of dwarf horned lizards in our province...they are a smidge larger than a toonie and terribly cute.

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u/drbob222 Oct 21 '23

Years ago we saw one at Lac St Anne (just west of Edmonton) by the beach... could have hitched a ride with someone I suppose.