Thriving Scorpion Population Is Stinging Problem For Brazil

Scorpions now kill more people in Brazil than snakes do, as the population of the poisonous arachnids grows and spreads (Credit: AFP)

Forget snakes, it's scorpions Brazilians most need to worry about.

The arachnids -- feared for the toxic stinger poised atop their tails -- are proliferating thanks to urbanization and warming temperatures.