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Young Egyptian Finds Fortune in Scorpions
AsiaOne ^
| 12/7
Posted on 12/08/2020 3:00:16 PM PST by nickcarraway
Several years ago, a young Egyptian man abandoned his degree in archaeology to hunt scorpions in the country’s deserts and shores, extracting their venom for medicinal use.
At just 25 years old, Mohamed Hamdy Boshta is now the owner of the Cairo Venom Company - a project housing 80,000 scorpions in various farms across Egypt as well as a range of snakes, also kept for their venom.
Caught using a coloured UV light, the scorpions are exposed to a tiny electric current to stimulate the release of the venom, one gram of which can produce between 20,000 and 50,000 doses of antivenom.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: egyptlscorpion; venom
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To: TexasGator
Like the old “Raise Nutria in your garage!” ads from the 1950s, and 1970s Worm Farm ads, now we can “Raise scorpions at home in your spare time for CASH!”
To: nickcarraway
Speaking of venom, has anyone here ever tried Carnivora? It seems to be some sort of miracle potion hawked on late-night radio. Evidently Pres. Reagan was one of its earliest devotees. I think it’s made from Venus flytrap venom.
To: nickcarraway
Caught using a coloured UV light,If you grow tomatoes and have a problem with tomato worms, you can go out at night with a UV flashlight and find them.......
To: nickcarraway
He can keep the damn things....
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12/08/2020 5:19:54 PM PST
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doorgunner69
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To: nickcarraway
I can’t wait until he opens a petting zoo.
To: Billthedrill
I can’t wait until he opens a petting zoo. See Post #6 this thread...
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12/08/2020 9:20:33 PM PST
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grey_whiskers
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grey_whiskers
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12/09/2020 5:44:01 AM PST
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dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
Manic Monday! Loved those eyes of hers in that video!
Didn’t she used to be the quarterback for the Cincinnati Bangles?
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To: dfwgator
Oh, I’m sorry!
It was WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN!
Lol!
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