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[–] Muscar@discuss.online 5 points 5 months ago
[–] 667@lemmy.radio 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

My personal Venn Diagram of scorpions I am willing to touch and scorpions I will avoid are two completely isolated, non-intersecting circles.

[–] Mammothmothman@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You don't understand venn diagrams...

[–] 667@lemmy.radio 5 points 5 months ago

Yeah it was early when I typed that. The sets should have been (1) things I’m willing to touch and (2) scorpions.

[–] No1@aussie.zone 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Not sure how they come up with 'deadliest animal'. Wikipedia lists scorpions as only 8th most deadly to humans. Freshwater snails and dogs kill at least 3x more people, and mosquitoes kill over 200x more people.

cnet ranked the most venomous animals and the highest ranked scorpion comes in only at number 10

1. Box Jellyfish
Although the Australian box jellyfish just misses having the most potent venom on this list, it is probably the most deadly. It is large in size yet almost transparent in the water, and its tentacles can sting you with its millions of nematocysts, injecting a hefty amount of venom while holding its victim in place.

The venom's toxins can cause extreme pain, paralysis, delirium, shock, cardiac arrest and even death within minutes. The jellyfish has enough venom to kill 60 adults.

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago

That tiny JellyFish that cause paralysis and death would seem more deadly

[–] user1234@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 5 months ago

Someone once commented that it's the one thing in Australia that won't kill you. The same can't be said about North American scorpions.