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Father shares home with 4,600 scorpions

By T.K. Randall
September 7, 2009 · Comment icon 11 comments

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A man in Thailand has adapted his home with tree branches and stones and shares it with not only his family but also 4,600 scorpions that he breeds and then sells to restaurants.
A Thai father has adapted his house so that 4,600 scorpions can live with him and his family. Suang Puangsri has decorated part of his house in Fark Ta in Uttaradit with tree branches and stones so that the creatures feel more comfortable.


Source: BBC News | Comments (11)




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Comment icon #2 Posted by Voyager10 15 years ago
I saw a family on TV that had venomous spiders all over the house because the father would extract the venom and sell it for medicines ( something of this nature ), it was very valuable.
Comment icon #3 Posted by schizoidwoman 15 years ago
When you get to 4,600 scorpions, it strikes me that they're letting him share their house, rather than the other way round!
Comment icon #4 Posted by SirRedeye 15 years ago
eeeks, i understand they use the scorpions for profit ect... but thats like a rancher moving the stables or chicken coops into the house i live in the desert, its bad enough to have to shake my shoes out and snap my clothes looking for scorpions and spiders- i dont wanna be anywhere near that guys house -lol
Comment icon #5 Posted by Ichigo 15 years ago
Whats next? snakes? oh wait...
Comment icon #6 Posted by Samuronin 15 years ago
Oh no.......
Comment icon #7 Posted by susieice 15 years ago
Sells them to restaurants? People eat those things?
Comment icon #8 Posted by Artemis.the.Hunter 15 years ago
Apparently they taste like pork scratchings
Comment icon #9 Posted by :PsYKoTiC:BeHAvIoR: 15 years ago
I pity anyone who happens to break into that house unknowingly.
Comment icon #10 Posted by crtDzyn 15 years ago
Yuchhh, wth was he doing towards the end I guess they're really close... ?
Comment icon #11 Posted by sarah snow 15 years ago
Ewwwwww......he's a bit out on his own there methinks But we all have our foibles Only time I ever came across a scorpion was when I lived in Greece (on Crete) and I was cleaning my flat and as I swept under the bed there was a scorpion. Jeez, it freaked me out, as I'd never seen one except on telly I lay on the bed for ages and watched it. Kind of working out whether I should put it outside, be kind etc. Then I just saw reason, and smacked it with my shoe Bleughhhhh.....bloody horrible things IMHO.


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