20th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
The Scorpion I Woke Up With
A scorpion roaming a small clearing in the rainforest on the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica. The scorpion was discovered next to my shoes when I woke up in my cabin that morning. I was able to scoop it up into a small container, then check for more. Thankfully this was the only scorpion that greeted me that morning. I released it a ways from the cabin in that clearing and got some close-ups of it before my host saw it, declared it "tiny," then picked it up by the tail and flung it into the jungle.
Photo Detail
| Date Taken: | 07.2022 |
| Date Uploaded: | 11.2022 |
| Photo Location: | Puerto Jimenez, Costa Rica |
| Camera: | Canon EOS 7D Mark II |
| Copyright: | © Robin Canfield |