Posted: February 3rd, 2009 - 1:06pm by Doug Powell

Daniel Amey, 30, thought he had scratched himself until he noticed his finger was swelling up.

The Telegraph reported yesterday he was rushed to hospital where doctors discovered part of a scorpion's tail in his finger.

Mr Amey (right, photo from telegraph.uk.com), who works at The Food Company said,

"I put my hand in the box and thought I had cut it but by the time I was carrying the bananas, my finger had swollen up to twice its size and it felt like it was burning. The doctor was ex-Army and he knew straight away that it was a scorpion as there was a single impact wound from the sting. He told me that if it had been the other kind of scorpion from Africa, I would have been dead within 15 minutes.”

The greengrocer returned to work the same day but says he will be more cautious when unpacking bananas.