Scorpion Attack - A Paralyzing Sting in the Grand Canyon

Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks

Tooth & Claw

True Crime, Nature, Science, Comedy

4.8 • 6.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2025

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

Abigail Barronian assumed her life probably wasn't in any danger when she was stung by a scorpion while on a rafting trip down the Grand Canyon. But then she lost her ability to see and speak, and a very long and painful night began. ~~ To advertise on the show, contact us! ~~ Tooth & Claw is brought to you by QCODE. Support the show and get access to an extensive library of exclusive episodes like this by supporting the show on Patreon or joining the Grizzly Club on Apple Podcasts. For the latest updates on the show and all things wildlife, follow us at toothandclawpod.com and social: Instagram: @ToothandClawPodcast Twitter: @ToothandClawPod Wes: @GrizKid Jeff: @jefe_larson Mike: @mikey3ds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, everybody in the world. We are a tooth and claw podcast. We have our wildlife bear
0:19.4	biologist, Wes Larson, certified.
0:22.5	Hey-oh!
0:24.3	I'm his little brother.
0:27.2	What was that?
0:28.2	What is that persona?
0:29.6	That was two hang loose.
0:31.7	Brian Wilson died today.
0:33.4	So the energy.
0:34.8	So you're excited.
0:35.4	Bring in the energy.
0:36.6	Is that a surfer thing, Heyo?
0:38.4	No, hey, they just do hang loose, but the hayo was, that was all West Larson.
0:42.9	Oh, that's your little twist on a classic.
0:45.0	Yeah.
0:45.3	Got it.
0:45.9	I'm Jeff Larson, Westwood's little brother.
0:48.4	I'm a bear nowhere.
0:51.1	I know about bears.
0:52.4	Sure.
0:52.8	And then we got Mike Smith, who is our Mike guy.
0:57.8	He does Mike's.
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