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It has been awhile since we have had a nice week long “theme” to Wild Facts so I figured this week would be dedicated to some of our poisonous friends around the world.\u00a0 You are going to want to come back every day this week to find out which animals are deadly, especially if you are traveling soon.\u00a0 We are going to start the week off with an animal that comes to mind when\u00a0 you think of deadly animals.\u00a0 Of course I am talking about scorpions and more specifically the Bark Scorpion.<\/p>\n

The bark scorpion can be found in the Southern USA through Mexico and into various countries of Central America. We generally picture scorpions scurrying around in the sand, however, as their name suggests, the bark scorpion can usually be found in the trees.\u00a0 They prefer to live underneath the bark of trees where it is nice and cool.\u00a0 This causes problems for the people living in these areas since these scorpions tend to confuse the nice, cool spots of your home with that of trees.\u00a0 Why is this a problem?\u00a0 Keep reading to find out.<\/p>\n

The venom of the bark scorpion is considered to be the most poisonous of all the scorpions in North America. If you are unfortunate enough to get stung by these little guys than you will experience extreme pain for about 24-72 hours.\u00a0 For the most part, the bark scorpion is not deadly to healthy adults, however, their sting can be fatal to children, pets and people with a weak immune system.\u00a0 What makes these scorpions even more troublesome is their plain, yellowish colour.\u00a0 What happened to the rule that poisonous animals be brightly coloured so we know not to mess with them? If you live in an area with bark scorpions then I suggest picking up a UV LED flashlight.\u00a0 I am not kidding!\u00a0 The bark scorpion will glow a nice green colour under UV light.\u00a0 You can actually spot them more than 50 feet away with this method.\u00a0 Pretty cool, eh?<\/p>\n

Bark Scorpion Fast Fact:<\/strong> Scorpions are very resilient.\u00a0 In fact, researchers have frozen scorpions for weeks with no ill effects after they thawed.\u00a0 Even more impressively, scorpions have been found at ground zero after a nuclear blast and again they experienced no negative effects.\u00a0 I don’t know how they do it but it is pretty impressive.<\/p>\n

Be sure to tune in for tomorrows deadly animal.<\/p>\n

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