Lyths in Uganda

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Tuesday, 29 April 2008

Gift with a sting in the tail


We were sorting cartons of food in a shipment from the USA this week when this scorpion appeared. Apparently the yellow fat tailed scorpion has the venom to kill up to five people! (but death is uncommon) It probably crept in after the container had been opened.