• numberfour002@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I don’t know how common it is, but in some very rural parts of Kentucky and Tennessee in the USA, people frequently referred to scorpions as lizards. Also, regular lizards were called lizards. And newts were called lizards.

    It was very confusing to me when I was a young kid. Still is confusing to me if I’m being honest.

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        11 months ago

        They’re called lizards. Didn’t you read my comment?

        But all kidding aside, yes, there are scorpions in Kentucky. They aren’t large or aggressive and from what I was told their stings don’t really hurt very much. Mostly I would see them hiding under rocks and in crevices during the day.