Thai woman lived with over 5,000 scorpions for 33 days to set record

In 2009, Kanchana Ketkaew (Thailand) set a world record by living with 5,320 venomous scorpions in a 12-m² glass room for 33 days and nights.

The 39-year-old “Scorpion Queen” broke her previous record for the longest duration living with scorpions – achieved in 2002 – by one day.

Several scorpions gave birth inside the room, whilst many others died each day. To replenish the numbers, two batches of 1,000 new scorpions were added over the course of the record attempt.

Due to animal welfare concerns relating to these deaths, we no longer monitor this record.

Kanchana was stung 13 times in total, however, the venom had little effect on her due to the immunity she’d built up over many years.

She recovered quickly from any stings she received, unlike Nor Malena Hassan (Malaysia), who first set this record in 2001. Nor was stung seven times and fell unconscious once, which almost…