Scorpions are well known for being fierce creatures that can inflict medically significant and venomous stings on humans. However, people living in regions where scorpions are not native have no need to fear the arachnids, right? As it happens, scorpions that are native to far away regions have inflicted stings on people living in areas…
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A Man Sustained A Bite From One Of The World’s Most Venomous Spider Species On A Very Sensitive Body Part
A Canadian tourist who had been backpacking in New Zealand had a very unfortunate encounter with a venomous spider species while taking a moment to skinny dip. While the 22 year old backpacker had been skinny dipping, a katipo spider crawled into his shorts that he left of the beach. Upon returning to the beach,…
Read moreThe State Of Florida Contains More Non-Native Termite Species Than Any Other State, Country And Continent In The World
The diversity of termite species is at its greatest in tropical regions of the world. Central and South America, Africa and Southeast Asia are all home to the most diverse populations of native termite species, but not non-native termite species. As it happens, the diversity of non-native termite species is at its greatest within the…
Read moreKiller Bee workers Infiltrate Common Honey Bee Colonies Before Staging A Coup That Sees The Common Queen Assassinated
Everyone has heard of killer bees, and they are just as aggressive as rumors make them out to be. Killer bees, also known as Africanized honey bees, escaped from a Brazilian laboratory back in 1956. Over the next thirty years, killer bees slowly made their way up Central America and Mexico before finally making their…
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