A Scorpion's Christmas Story...

A few months ago something happened that I thought some of you may be interested in, it's sort of a Christmas story involving a scorpion...

I have a friend who is a vendor at the reptile expo in Toronto. His table consists of tarantulas, scorpions, other invertebrates, and a few reptiles. He rents me a corner of his table to sell my greeting cards. Well, it was a Saturday morning, the second day of the big Reptile Expo. The doors weren't open to the public yet, and I was just arranging my cards and making sure my corner was alright. I think I was sitting, looking across at my cards (I had them laying down flat on the table) when I noticed something dark inside one of my Christmas cards. I went over to it and open it and found what I thought was a toy scorpion. I thought some kid had put a toy scorpion inside one of my Christmas cards as a joke. I went to remove it and was surprised when it moved! It wasn't a toy at all, but a real live scorpion! I called over my friend, and he put the scorpion back into his tank (which was next to my corner). Apparently, someone had moved the lid out of place on the scorpion tank (probably knocked into it by accident and didn't notice they knocked the lid out of place) and a bunch had escaped-and one found a cozy spot inside my Christmas card. I guess it's a good thing that I found that scorpion instead of a customer. I don't know what a customer would have thought if they were browsing at my cards, opened one up and found a live scorpion!

This is the Christmas card that the scorpion was hiding in...I guess it should have said "Scorpion Elves On The Loose!"