Stowaway scorpion makes its way from Kenya to Ireland in woman's bag
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An Irish woman who recently traveled to Kenya discovered an unpleasant surprise nearly two weeks after she returned home — a scorpion had made the journey of over 4,000 miles in her luggage.
James Hennessey, from Ireland's National Reptile Zoo, said in a radio appearance on Ireland's RTÉ Radio One that the woman and her family called the zoo for help once they realized they had the venomous guest.
"The person came back from Kenya two weeks ago, and they were in their bedroom and they'd done what we all do, they left their bag in the corner, unpacked the stuff and didn't bother with the bag and decided to go have a look at the bag and move it, lifted it up and something moved on the floor underneath it, and there was this little tiny scorpion sitting there in the bedroom, in the, I think it was the shag pile type rug," Hennessey explained.
