Thriving scorpion population is stinging problem for Brazil

[Still Waters]

Forget snakes, it's scorpions Brazilians most need to worry about.

The arachnids—feared for the toxic stinger poised atop their tails—are proliferating thanks to urbanization and warming temperatures.

The result is that scorpions have become the most lethal poisonous animal in Brazil, posing a growing danger for people across the whole country—and spurring demand for antivenom.

The most widely found species in the country, the Brazilian yellow scorpion, is the most dangerous scorpion in South America.

https://phys.org/news/2024-11-scorpion-population-problem-brazil.html