A four-year-old boy who had been stung by a scorpion died after ER medics treated him for pneumonia instead of lethal venom, a hospital inquiry has revealed. Miguel Grijota da Silva, 4, poses in undated photo. He died after being stung by a scorpion while sleeping in Birigui, Brazil, on…
A toddler is fighting for his life in hospital after he was stung on the head by a scorpion while he slept at his home in Brazil. Thomas Caitano Ribeiro, 2, poses in undated photo. He was stung by a scorpion while he was sleeping, at home, in Arniqueiras, Brazil.…
The moment a scorpion overpowers a hapless cockroach and stings it repeatedly before devouring it has been captured and shared by a biologist. It was shared alongside a piece of footage showing a bizarre-looking worm gliding along a piece of bark in woods in Vietnam. Biologist and photographer Sergei Bykovskii,…
A four-year-old girl died after she was stung by a scorpion and her mum did not realise and put her back to bed, only for her to be stung a second time. The tragic incident took place in Luiziania - a municipality of nearly 6,000 inhabitants in the south-eastern Brazilian…
A five-year-old child has died in Brazil after being stung by a scorpion, despite being given an anti-scorpion serum. The incident took place in the town of Valparaiso, which is located in the state of Sao Paulo in south-eastern Brazil, on Wednesday 15th December. Young Felipe Barbosa Francisco was stung…
