Metin Örenler is one of the few Turkish citizens to have obtained the precious license to breed scorpions. In its premises of 550 m2in the region of Urfa [sud-est du pays]he raises theAndroctonus crassicauda a species of scorpion native to southeastern Anatolia and extracts venom from it.
This venom is known to be effective as an antidote to the venom of all kinds of scorpions and snakes around the world, but it also finds many other uses. So far, these toxins are used in Turkey only in the form of antivenom, but Metin Örenler intends to extend their national use to the medical sector.
His farm of a particular kind welcomes for the
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