Here’s the mind-blowing part: book scorpions live on every continent except Antarctica. Seriously, from New York to New Delhi, they’re hitching rides with humans for centuries. How? They hide in shipments of books, furniture, and even luggage.
Scorpions in Colorado - Krebs Creek
So if you’ve ever moved houses and brought a box of old textbooks, you probably moved a few book scorpions too. They’re like the intercontinental travelers nobody invited, but nobody really minds. I mean, they don’t bite, and they eat the stuff that eats your stuff—that’s a win-win, right?