A scorpion surprise

NICK EICHER, HOST: An Australian woman got a little more than she bargained for when she opened a package of broccoli.

Chloe Mitchell bought the produce at a local supermarket in New South Wales.

She said she put the steamer on the stove, and when she turned around to grab the last of the broccoli, she “saw something crawling along the chopping board.”

She yelled for her husband, and when he ran to the kitchen, he found a large scorpion on the countertop.

Mitchell described the eight-legged creature as—quote—“very angry.”

But he was able to safely remove the scorpion.

It could have been worse.

Our news editor, Kent Covington, tells us he once woke up to find a scorpion crawling across his bed in South Texas. However, he said that scorpion appeared less angry. Maybe it was just sleepy.

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