The video has been updated more than 33,000 times on Reddit.
A video showing a house filled with thousands of scorpions has taken the internet by storm. Shared to Reddit, the clip shows thousands of invertebrates crawling around a house described as “abandoned” in the caption.
The origin of the video or where it was shot is still unclear, but the clip has certainly given internet users shivers. The post has been updated more than 33,000 times, with netizens saying the scene is “the stuff of nightmares.”
Watch the video below:
Internet users have explained that the species of scorpion in the video is Tityus Serrulatus, which is native to Brazil. “They are parthenogenic, meaning they can give birth without mating, so that will explain their numbers,” said another user. An even hilarious Redditor suggested using ultraviolet light to make the scorpions glow.
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In the meantime, it should be mentioned that according to news weekScorpions belong to the class Arachnida and are closely related to spiders, mites and ticks. There are about 2000 species of scorpions, but only 30 to 40 of them have venom strong enough to kill humans.
Citing Mayo Clinic, news week reported that young children and the elderly are most susceptible to the effects of scorpion venom and deaths from the stings are a major public health problem in areas where access to medical care is limited. The Deathstalker scorpion is described as one of the world’s deadliest scorpions due to a tail full of venom, while the bark scorpion is described as the only domesticated species with venom powerful enough to cause severe symptoms.
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