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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