The National Reptile Zoo in Kilkenny has a new visitor.
We recently told of how a snake found in Kilkenny city was dropped off to the locally based group.
Now it seems they’ve added a Fisher’s Fat Tailed Scorpion to their ranks.
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It appears it hitchhiked its way from Kenya to Ireland in a bag of a lady in Co Wicklow and is believed to have been in her bedroom for almost a fortnight before she saw it.
It’s now safe and secure in the venomous unit with the crew at the Hebron Business Park – its James Hennessy has been updating The KCLR Daily;
Lorraine, who found the scorpion in her bedroom, has been telling The KCLR Daily about that;