A woman in Austria returned from a vacation in Croatia to find 18 scorpions in her suitcase, authorities in her country said. The woman from Natternbach, about an hour west of Linz, notified local animal control, which took the scorpions and plans to return them to their native Croatia, an animal control official told Upper Austria News. The bites “could probably multiply well” in Austria “but they don’t belong here,” the official said. Local animal control plans to return the scorpions to Croatia. Tierhilfe Gusental/Newsflash Croatian scorpion rescues are not uncommon in Upper Austria, the Mirror reported On June 30, a woman in Leeds, the capital, found one of the creatures in her apartment, also after visiting Croatia.
