Stung by World’s Biggest Scorpion!

Yeah, I got him. Guys, guys, oh my gosh, ah, ah, he's getting me. Ah! Oh gosh, it's like a lobster. And look, he already annihilated my thumb. Its pincers are so incredibly strong. It just sliced me open. I'm gonna need a bigger jar. There's no way I could go home without putting this giant forest scorpion on the BSI. Let's go set up the table. Okay, here we go. That is a monster. I cannot believe I found the scorpion and it is intimidating. It already lit my finger up so badly, but we're gonna need a few things for today. The only thing I need to worry about with the scorpion is having an allergy to its venom. So we got our EpiPen, like always. I'm just gonna put it over here. All right, I'm gonna take it out of the container. This is a real beast of a scorpion. I'm gonna get pinched again. I can already tell. Are you kidding me? Okay, get a shot of those pincers, guys. Look at that scorpion, the giant Asian scorpion. I have seen a couple scorpions that are bigger in captivity. The emperor scorpion, which is a much more docile species. These forest scorpions mean business. They do not mess around. Like usually I cannot feel the weight of a scorpion. This one is heavy. I can actually feel the links of the tail clicking, click, click, click, click, click, as it sways back and forth. Don't worry, guys, this scorpion is tough as nails and there's no way I'm gonna hurt it by holding its tail like this. Before we get to that stinger, I wanna show you something really cool. All right, so you see a scorpion of this size and the fact that it is jet black in coloration, you might think, well, compared to the tannish yellow scorpions from Arizona that fluoresce under blacklight, this one probably won't. Or will it? Let's find out. Let's go on a little field trip. Follow me this way, guys. Field trip. So in addition to being called the giant Asian scorpion, these forest scorpions are also known as the blue forest scorpion and I believe that this is why because under blacklight, they almost turn a turquoise blue. That is really neat. Even the stinger, which is brown, without the light, turns blue as well. Check that out, look. Brown, blue. All right, I think that concludes our field trip. Back to the sting table. These giant Asian scorpions or giant forest scorpions, they live on the ground out here in the jungles of Borneo and a lot of different countries throughout East Asia. You will often see these scorpions crawling across walking paths, through backyards, on the trails, and even sometimes in your bedroom. Yes, that's right. A lot of people have these scorpions wind up in their hotel rooms when visiting countries like Borneo. So you better check your shoes and your bedsheets if you ever visit this country. Now, they are opportunistic predators. A scorpion of this size is gonna take down really large prey items, frogs, lizards, snakes, and perhaps even a small mammal. Anything it can grab onto with its claws and inflict with that painful sting to paralyze its prey, it's on the menu. It has visible mandibles. You usually don't notice the jaws of a scorpion, but on this one, it's so supersized. It has enormous mandibles that will crush and chew any prey that it can grasp in those claws. I know what we all wanna look at next. Let's take a closer look at what's gonna inflict the real test for the Brave Wilderness BSI. The telson, which is another name for the stinger of a scorpion, is the bulb-like appendage tipped with that hypodermic stinger. And this one is noticeably brown. A lot of the scorpions I've seen out here in Asia on this tour have had completely black tips on the tail. Oh, geez, it's gonna pinch me. Oh, boy. Oh, boy, I'm gonna get pinched. Oh, don't do it. Oh, yeah, he's gonna pinch me. 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Each factor gets rated from one to 10, and then I average all three factors together to give a final BSI rating. Got a little blood going there from that pinch. But it is now time to enter the sting zone with this behemoth, giant Asian scorpion. Here we go. One, two, three. That's what I thought. I could tell just by the way it was pinching me with those claws that this scorpion uses the might of its pinchers as the main line of defense other than the sting. Unfortunately for me, I will have to induce a sting manually using the forceps. Now you might be wondering, Mark, how easy is it to, how easy is it to stab? Now you might be wondering, Mark, I am so nervous right now. Oh, I'm not looking forward to this, guys, but I'm gonna get it done. Here we go. Going flesh to stinger. Manually, oh. Going flesh to stinger manually with the giant forest scorpion. I'm gonna do it right here, guys, ready? One, two, three. Oh, geez, did you see that one squirt? Hi-yah, got me. Oh, buddy. Oh, ah, come here, gun. Ah, yeah. Once that stinger felt skin, it went right for it. Woo. Oh, yeah. Yeah, that hurt. Oh. Oh, yeah. Ooh, yeah, that's burning. Oh, yeah. It got me good. That's gonna swell. Did you see the stinger go up and in? Okay, because that, that was awful. Hang on. Ah, I'll explain in a second. I'm just going through waves of pain. You could see that welt starting to form. Oh, yeah. Ah, oh my gosh. Let me tell you why this hurts so bad. The scorpion senses. It senses its target with those hairs. And as soon as that stinger tip felt something to dig into, it's like the whole tail system just engaged and it like flexed like a muscle and just went, ah, just, ah, like into my skin. So incredibly hard, instantaneously, kabam. Oh, oh. Oh my gosh, I'm like getting lightheaded. Before we go, I just want to try to show you guys how non-aggressive these scorpions are if you don't try to constrict them. I think if I can hold it on my palm and just let the stinger go, it's gonna be a much more calm individual. Yeah, ah, dude, you got me. All right, now it's time for you to not wait another second to learn where this gargantuan monster scorpion falls on the Brave Wilderness Bite Sting Index. Roll it. On intimidation, the overwhelming size of the scorpion is something I will never forget. Not only did it exhibit massive claws and a giant stinger, but it was also so big, its mandibles could even bite me, easily awarding this beast of a scorpion an 8.5 out of 10. For pain, unlike the desert scorpions of the United States, where smaller species are the ones you need to worry about, this Bornean monster lived up to its physical size and it hurt really bad, earning it an 8.1 out of 10. Now the aftermath lasted a whole lot longer than I expected. The pain from the slices I got from its claws wore off about a day later, but the burning and itching from the sting continued well into the next days, where my hand ballooned with local swelling, earning it an aftermath score of a 7.9 out of 10. And with all of these scores averaged out, this massive giant scorpion racked up an 8.2 out of 10 for the BSI. Needless to say, for the rest of my life, I will always be checking my boots and my bedsheets anytime I visit the island of Borneo.