Scorpion Hunt In Mexico
(N.Z.P.A .-Reuter—Copyright) TEPIC (Mexico), July 7. Peasants near the town of Tepic, in central Mexico, are leaving their ploughs to hunt scorpions after an offer by the Federal Health Department of 100 pesos ($7) for every 1000 scorpion tails. The king of the scorpion hunters is Juan Arenas, who so far has caught 4000, using traps and sometimes his bare hands. The tails are being used to make anti - scorpion • sting •erum.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31725, 8 July 1968, Page 11
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