Hey guys, I did a search on this forum to see if this has been discussed yet, and I didn't find anything that really fit the bill. However, if it has been discussed, I apologize now. I've been wondering this for quite sometime, and kind of thought that this forum would be the best place to bring it up.
In doing the research that one does before obtaining any sort of venomous animal one of the biggest things one looks up is going to be sting / bite reports and the lasting effects that both of these will have. When looking at the sting reports (regarding the very hottest of scorps) I noticed that the majority of fatal stings were those that involved Children, Elderly and generally unfit / sick individuals. Here's what I was wondering...
I'd think that I'd fit into the catagory of a pretty healthy person, I exercise on a pretty normal basis and I'm not over weight or anything like that. But the thing is this, I'm a pretty short person, I measure up to exactly 5'1, and I weigh right around 120 - 125 lbs. Do you think that the venom would have different reactions to someone that's my size as opposed to someone that would be the height of one of my best friends, he's about 6'4 or 6'5, and about 220 - 230 lbs.
I'd think that the venom would travel through my system faster, and end up in places that you really wouldn't want it to (heart) in a much faster amount of time. Also, children are quite a bit smaller then adults (well, that's a no brainer, but an example none the less), and deaths are present in incidents that involve children. Now do you think this is because they're still growing or would you be more apt to stating that it's because of the smaller (height/weight) status of growing kids?
I'd just like to get some ideas on this, as I've wondered about it for quite sometime now.
Thanks!
In doing the research that one does before obtaining any sort of venomous animal one of the biggest things one looks up is going to be sting / bite reports and the lasting effects that both of these will have. When looking at the sting reports (regarding the very hottest of scorps) I noticed that the majority of fatal stings were those that involved Children, Elderly and generally unfit / sick individuals. Here's what I was wondering...
I'd think that I'd fit into the catagory of a pretty healthy person, I exercise on a pretty normal basis and I'm not over weight or anything like that. But the thing is this, I'm a pretty short person, I measure up to exactly 5'1, and I weigh right around 120 - 125 lbs. Do you think that the venom would have different reactions to someone that's my size as opposed to someone that would be the height of one of my best friends, he's about 6'4 or 6'5, and about 220 - 230 lbs.
I'd think that the venom would travel through my system faster, and end up in places that you really wouldn't want it to (heart) in a much faster amount of time. Also, children are quite a bit smaller then adults (well, that's a no brainer, but an example none the less), and deaths are present in incidents that involve children. Now do you think this is because they're still growing or would you be more apt to stating that it's because of the smaller (height/weight) status of growing kids?
I'd just like to get some ideas on this, as I've wondered about it for quite sometime now.
Thanks!