{"id":132025,"date":"2023-10-11T11:05:13","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T11:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=132025"},"modified":"2023-10-11T11:05:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T11:05:13","slug":"family-finds-scorpion-in-kitchen-after-it-hitched-ride-back-from-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/world-news\/family-finds-scorpion-in-kitchen-after-it-hitched-ride-back-from-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"Family finds scorpion in kitchen after it hitched ride back from Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Family&#8217;s horror after finding scorpion in their kitchen after it hitched a ride 6,000 miles back from Kenya<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Liz Burrows, of King&#8217;s Cliffe, Northamptonshire found insect with &#8216;tail quivering&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A family were left horrified when they found a scorpion with its &#8216;tail quivering&#8217; in their kitchen- and believe it may have hitched a 6,000 mile trip back with them from Kenya.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Liz Burrows, 50, and her husband Ian, 52, came home with their 18-year-old daughter Daisy to find the 4cm long creature in the middle of the floor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The family, from King&#8217;s Cliffe, Northamptonshire, believe it might have snuck back with Daisy who had recently returned from a month-long trip in Kenya.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But it would have meant the insect would have been scampering around the home for the last two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The family currently doesn&#8217;t know the species but after carrying out some online research have suggested it could be a striped back scorpion or a pygmy thick tail.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The venom in the stings from these types of scorpion are rarely deadly but can be very painful, and in some cases dangerous.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/11\/11\/76422073-12618159-image-a-4_1697020957743.jpg\" height=\"440\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The family, from King&#8217;s Cliffe, Northamptonshire, believe the scorpion (pictured) might have snuck back with their daughter who had recently returned from a month-long trip in Kenya<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/11\/11\/76422075-12618159-image-a-5_1697020961753.jpg\" height=\"862\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The family currently don&#8217;t know the species but after carrying out some online research have suggested it could be a striped back scorpion or a pygmy thick tail<\/p>\n<p>Daisy initially mistook the scorpion for a leaf, but her father then scooped it up with a bit of paper and plonked it in a jar with holes in the lid.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Burrows, a financial planner, said: &#8216;We&#8217;d been out and got home and I went to the fridge and it was just in front of it on the floor.<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE:\u00a0Briton who was stung by a scorpion in Thailand could be forced to have his LEG cut off<\/h3>\n<p>&#8216;My daughter looked down thinking it was a leaf at first.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It then became quite clear it was a scorpion. Its tail was quivering so it was still alive but it wasn&#8217;t moving much, certainly not enough to send us running out the room.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I wanted to get rid of it straight away but my husband thought it was quite interesting and wanted to keep it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think my neighbours are quite anxious that we have a scorpion in the house.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Daisy recognised the scorpion from her travels, which led the couple to believe it caught an unwarranted lift back to the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Her mother added: &#8216;It must have hitched a lift with my daughter from Kenya because we&#8217;ve never had a scorpion in the house before.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m just hoping it doesn&#8217;t have any other friends.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/11\/11\/76422077-12618159-image-a-6_1697020965511.jpg\" height=\"866\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The insect was found in them middle of the kitchen with its &#8216;tail quivering&#8217; and was scooped up into a jar with holes in the lid\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I didn&#8217;t share my husband&#8217;s excitement. My first instinct was to kill it or dispose of it because of the risk to my family and the dogs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We did some research online and we believe it could be a striped bark scorpion or a pygmy thick tail.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The family now believe the scorpion might have died.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mr Burrows, who is also a financial planner, added: &#8216;It&#8217;s exciting. You don&#8217;t often find a scorpion in the house. I was interested, which is why I put it in the jar.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;However, sadly I think it&#8217;s now an ex scorpion.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>MailOnline has contacted the Royal Entomological Society to help identify the species of the scorpion.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12618159\/Family-scorpion-kitchen-travelled-kenya.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Family&#8217;s horror after finding scorpion in their kitchen after it hitched a ride 6,000 miles back from Kenya Liz Burrows,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Family finds scorpion in kitchen after it hitched ride back from Kenya - 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