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13th November 2022
04:21pm GMT

"Medics checked him over and gave him a clean bill of health but the whole camp is now watching out for them. "Matt was saying afterwards it felt twice as painful as a bee sting."[caption id="attachment_367012" align="alignnone" width="1212"]
Scorpions are not happy with Matt Hancock. (Picture: ITV)[/caption]
While Australian scorpions can give you a nasty sting if you step on one or take it by surprise, their venom is not deadly.
Associate Professor Bryan Fry, from the University of Queensland's School of Biological Sciences, told ABC news: "Typically, the sting is minor localised pain and a tiny bit of swelling — usually quite trivial effects.
"As far as the pain sensation, the sting would normally be similar to a bee and dramatically less than that of the bullet ants that we have in Australia."
Some fans may have heard Babatúndé Aléshé make reference to the incident on air at the very end of Saturday night's show after it was revealed Matt would be doing the next Trial.
He said "Do you know what Matt, you are the man, you are the man, four trials and you got stung by a scorpion and you have to go do a trial."
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