The black widow spider is a serious piece of biological engineering… and I wouldn’t suggest you mess with this deadly babe! Although there is more than one type of widow spider globally, the best known and most feared one is the black widow spider of North America. And this is because of their extremely toxic venom which is more [...]
It seems the scorpion habitat has extended to hiding in planes and men’s pants! A gentleman from Vermont apparently managed to survive ok after being bitten twice by a scorpion that had made its way up his leg on the inside of his pants. How it had managed to find its way onto a United Airlines flight [...]
Allergic reaction to scorpion bites is listed amongst the top 10 causes of death in Dubai. Dubai has come a long way since it was just a fishermen’s town back in the days when the Moors and the British ruled; then, in 1971 it became part of the UAE (United Arab Emirates) and this has [...]
A scorpion is a small creature, about 6-10 cm long. It has a segmented body, with two poisonous glands in its tail. It holds its victim with its claws and pushes forward the tail and injects the poison into the body. The scorpion is nocturnal in nature, i.e. it moves around during the night. [...]
A black widow spider can be recognized by red hourglass on its stomach. Only the female bites, and it has a neurotoxic venom. In the beginning pain is not severe, but severe local pain rapidly develops. The pain will slowly spread over the entire body and settle in the abdomen and legs. Abdominal cramps [...]
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