scorpion

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To avoid the high prices of Scotch bonnets, she also uses locally grown Moruga scorpion peppers, which are native to Trinidad.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

The situation resembles the parable of the scorpion and the turtle.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

The helpers look after the pups, nurse and feed them, protect them from predators, and even teach them how to eat a scorpion safely.

From Slate • May 10, 2026

This approach allowed them to estimate where high risk scorpion species are most likely to live and which environmental features shape their distribution.

From Science Daily • Feb. 18, 2026

The scar Luke had given me last summer was fading, but I could still see it—a white asterisk-shaped wound where his pit scorpion had stung me.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan