Scorpion Queen rules

Kanchana, whose latest stunt at Ripley's Believe It Or Not Museum in Pattaya made it to the Guinness Book of World Records, had previously been the first person in the world to set a record of having a scorpion in her mouth for two minutes and three seconds.

Kanchana told a press conference at the museum yesterday that she was very happy with the latest record. She revealed that she had been stung 13 times during her time in the glass room.

She explained that living for 10 years with scorpions had enabled her body to tolerate the venom. She vowed to reclaim her record if any person surpassed her feat of staying with scorpions or holding a venomous scorpion in the mouth.

She also expressed hope that her record would make Thailand known to the world and boost tourism, while urging the public not to follow her example in doing such stunts as it could be fatal.

Museum manager Somporn Nakseutrong said that Kanchana's current record was a huge improvement over her previous one, when she lived with 3,000 scorpions for 32 days and nights.