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Pictures of Picajopo Sting Scorpion Actually Depict Alien Facehugger

Suzy Woltmann Suzy Woltmann
Entertainment
29th June 2021
Pictures of Picajopo Sting Scorpion Actually Depict Alien Facehugger
Thankfully, the picajopo sting scorpion isn't real (Getty Images).

The Claim

Pictures depict the “picajopo sting” scorpion.

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The claim went viral in late June 2021.

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Misbar’s Analysis

Misbar’s investigation found that the pictures actually depict Facehuggers from the Alien movie franchise. 

We conducted a reverse image search and found that the original images are very similar to the foam Facehugger prop toys made by the National Entertainment Collectibles Association

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There are almost 2000 scorpion species. The longest scorpion is thought to be the Hadogenes troglodytes, or rock scorpion, in southern Africa, but even their tails are not as long as the alleged picajopo sting scorpion.

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Misbar’s Classification

Fake

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