article on venoms of various insects/reptiles/arachnids
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Scorpions are arachnids and there are around one thousand seven hundred and fifty species. As of now only thirteen varieties are recognised. The harmful scorpions are found in “North and South America, Africa and Western Asia”
Scorpion stings are very painful but they do not require to be treated. In the villages of India, they use certain type of leaves and some pepper to minimize the pain. Of course, we need to treat young children who get bitten because the pain will be unbearable.
It was never found in European countries but now it is found because of the hobbies of some people and also by the people who were trading with it. Scorpion venom is used in cancer treatment. The experiments are still under process in Nanotechnology. The venom has the capacity to create a cell to die.