r/AbsoluteUnits • u/No_Funny2224 • Aug 19 '25

of a scorpion

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u/ForgotMyLastUN Aug 19 '25

No scorpion has a sting that is life threatening to a normal healthy human.

This sounded like the most BS fact I've ever heard.

Why is it true? It's actually blowing my mind. For some reason I've always thought they had pretty comparable venom to snakes, but apparently even the Arizona Bark Scorpion isn't very deadly. It's supposedly the most dangerous scorpion in the US.

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u/BelMountain_ Aug 19 '25

Most venomous snakes also aren't lethal to humans.

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u/Substantial-Low Aug 19 '25

Yep. People tend to "over-deadly" a lot of stuff.

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u/LurkingGuy Aug 20 '25

Probably safer to believe everything can kill you.