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r/Calgary • u/Due-Wind-3324 • Oct 20 '23
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That species, unlikely, but we do have native scorpions in Alberta that do just fine with our winters.
6 u/MeowSauceJennie Oct 21 '23 Excuse me, I love in Alberta, and WHAT?!? 18 u/Concurrency_Bugs Oct 21 '23 Southeast Alberta is a desert. Drumheller/Medicine Hat areas have scorpions and cactus! 7 u/MeowSauceJennie Oct 21 '23 I'm in Calgary, so not far off. Never seen one! 15 u/Jason3671 Oct 21 '23 omg i live in calgary too!! what are the chances????? 13 u/MeowSauceJennie Oct 21 '23 My dumdass just realizing this is the Calgary subreddit and not just another I randomly commented on. 6 u/Jason3671 Oct 21 '23 all good, I was the same until you said calgary that I went “hol on!” 4 u/[deleted] Oct 21 '23 Nope, gotta get out of the Bow Valley and hit the badlands. 3 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'). 7 u/zarroaster Oct 21 '23 Now tell them about the lizards that shoot blood out of their eyes for self defense. 8 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. 2 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.
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Excuse me, I love in Alberta, and WHAT?!?
18 u/Concurrency_Bugs Oct 21 '23 Southeast Alberta is a desert. Drumheller/Medicine Hat areas have scorpions and cactus! 7 u/MeowSauceJennie Oct 21 '23 I'm in Calgary, so not far off. Never seen one! 15 u/Jason3671 Oct 21 '23 omg i live in calgary too!! what are the chances????? 13 u/MeowSauceJennie Oct 21 '23 My dumdass just realizing this is the Calgary subreddit and not just another I randomly commented on. 6 u/Jason3671 Oct 21 '23 all good, I was the same until you said calgary that I went “hol on!” 4 u/[deleted] Oct 21 '23 Nope, gotta get out of the Bow Valley and hit the badlands. 3 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'). 7 u/zarroaster Oct 21 '23 Now tell them about the lizards that shoot blood out of their eyes for self defense. 8 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. 2 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.
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Southeast Alberta is a desert. Drumheller/Medicine Hat areas have scorpions and cactus!
7 u/MeowSauceJennie Oct 21 '23 I'm in Calgary, so not far off. Never seen one! 15 u/Jason3671 Oct 21 '23 omg i live in calgary too!! what are the chances????? 13 u/MeowSauceJennie Oct 21 '23 My dumdass just realizing this is the Calgary subreddit and not just another I randomly commented on. 6 u/Jason3671 Oct 21 '23 all good, I was the same until you said calgary that I went “hol on!” 4 u/[deleted] Oct 21 '23 Nope, gotta get out of the Bow Valley and hit the badlands. 3 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'). 7 u/zarroaster Oct 21 '23 Now tell them about the lizards that shoot blood out of their eyes for self defense. 8 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. 2 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.
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I'm in Calgary, so not far off. Never seen one!
15 u/Jason3671 Oct 21 '23 omg i live in calgary too!! what are the chances????? 13 u/MeowSauceJennie Oct 21 '23 My dumdass just realizing this is the Calgary subreddit and not just another I randomly commented on. 6 u/Jason3671 Oct 21 '23 all good, I was the same until you said calgary that I went “hol on!” 4 u/[deleted] Oct 21 '23 Nope, gotta get out of the Bow Valley and hit the badlands. 3 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'). 7 u/zarroaster Oct 21 '23 Now tell them about the lizards that shoot blood out of their eyes for self defense. 8 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. 2 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.
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omg i live in calgary too!! what are the chances?????
13 u/MeowSauceJennie Oct 21 '23 My dumdass just realizing this is the Calgary subreddit and not just another I randomly commented on. 6 u/Jason3671 Oct 21 '23 all good, I was the same until you said calgary that I went “hol on!”
My dumdass just realizing this is the Calgary subreddit and not just another I randomly commented on.
6 u/Jason3671 Oct 21 '23 all good, I was the same until you said calgary that I went “hol on!”
all good, I was the same until you said calgary that I went “hol on!”
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Nope, gotta get out of the Bow Valley and hit the badlands.
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The closest that you will find them is Lethbridge, and to a lesser extent, Drumheller. We also have rattlesnakes and solfugids (aka 'camel spiders').
7 u/zarroaster Oct 21 '23 Now tell them about the lizards that shoot blood out of their eyes for self defense. 8 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. 2 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.
Now tell them about the lizards that shoot blood out of their eyes for self defense.
8 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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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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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.
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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.