Brokers and buyers involved in Sindh’s scorpion trade complain that this is often the case. When the broker finally arrived, three hours late, he was empty-handed.
Later, he told Al Jazeera that the phone calls were from middlemen offering him bribes to buy the invertebrate. Khan’s phone rang constantly, but he ignored all the calls. The scorpions are in great demand apparently for medical research, and according to Khan a black scorpion weighing 60 grams can fetch at least $50,000. Keep reading list of 4 items list 1 of 4 Photos: Myanmar’s famed Inle Lake chokes on floating farms list 2 of 4 Photos: Environmental changes threaten Japan’s cormorant fishing legacy list 3 of 4 Iceland braces for volcanic eruption as thousands evacuated list 4 of 4 Nations convene in Kenya to hammer out treaty on plastic pollution end of list
