The 'invading' scorpion Brazil, killing hundreds of people

Brazilian officials must issue national warnings, after nearly 200 people were killed in scorpions attacking people at the urban centers of the South American nation .

According to Newsweek, the number of dead scorpions in Brazil increased to 184 in 2017, nearly three times higher than in 2013. The death of a 4-year-old girl in Sao Paulo last week raised concerns. The small towns are not afraid to have enough medical supplies to deal with this raging enemy.

Golden scorpion - Tityus serrulatus is a dangerous species in 4 types of scorpions in Brazil. Due to deforestation and urbanization, many of them leave the traditional environment and move to sewers and landfills in urban areas, where many cockroaches are concentrated as scorpion's favorite food. .

Scorpions are becoming an obsession for urban people in Brazil.

The frightening thing is that scorpions adapt very quickly when exposed to new environments. Along with that, the female can reproduce without fertilizing with the male, the number of baby scorpions easily proliferate.

"The chances of them being exposed to humans are very high. I believe the situation will get worse," said Rogerio Bertani, a scorpion expert from the Butantan Institute in Sao Paulo.

4-year-old Yasmin Lemos de Campos was bitten by a scorpion while playing in her home garden in Calabria Paulista, Sao Paulo. Despite being taken to two hospitals, but because the local medical facility did not have anti-scorpion venom, she died in the night of the accident.

According to Brazil O Estado de S. Paulo, children are the most vulnerable to scorpion poisoning. Yasmin is the third child in Sao Paulo to die from scorpions since the beginning of the year.

Recent statistics show that on average, every hour two scorpions attack people in Sao Paulo. By 2018, there were about 11,500 cases of scorpion bites, while this figure in 2017, 2016 and 2015 were respectively 21,700, 18,829 and 15,107 cases.

Brazilian officials are looking for ways to solve this problem but it is still very difficult.