Sofia Alonso-Mossinger found the creature in a bag of boots which she had ordered online.
A student got more than she bargained for when she opened a clothing parcel from fast-fashion firm Shein to discover a live scorpion.
After realising it was a scorpion, Ms Alonso-Mossinger, 18, rezipped the bag containing a pair of boots, got it out of her room and called her flatmates. Oliver James, another flatmate who is studying zoology, transferred the scorpion into a plastic container with kitchen tongs.The flatmates then gave the scorpion water on kitchen towel, which it drank immediately, and some card to hide under before contacting animal groups.
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