Aberdeen student finds scorpion in her bed
Aberdeen zoology student Vicky Raitt, 23, believes the Asian forest scorpion must travelled home in her suitcase.
The brave zoology student was able to contain the three-inch long creature inside a plastic tub until an inspector from the Scottish SPCA arrived at her city home in Orchard Street.
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Hide AdShe said: “I opened my eyes and the scorpion was literally a hand’s length away from my face with its tail raised.
“I jumped out of bed and, after doing a double take to make sure I hadn’t imagined it, I ran to the kitchen to get a plastic tub to put it in. My suitcase was damaged on the way home from Borneo so I think it crawled inside through the hole.
“I’d been back for five days before I found the scorpion so it must have been living with me all that time.
“It’s scary to think what could have happened if I hadn’t woken up and it had stung me.”
The scorpion is currently in the care of the Scottish SPCA’s Aberdeenshire Animal Rescue and Rehoming Centre in Drumoak and has been offered a new home by Nick Martin, who has an exotic animal rescue charity in Inverness.
Inspector Fiona McKenzie said: “Asian forest scorpions aren’t deadly but if bitten the pain could vary from that of a bee-sting to intense inflammation and sickness.”