# Scorpions On A Plane

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**Created:** [July 1, 2011, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scorpions-on-a-plane/587459 "2011-07-01T02:00:52Z")\
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The cargo hold / baggage compartments on jets are pressurized & reasonably warm. Certainly warm enough that Alaskan wildlife wouldn’t be bothered.

Critters getting loose and trying to claw / chew their way out are not unheard of.

Back in about 1960 my Dad used a fire axe to kill a thoroughbred race horse that had gotten loose in the main cabin area of a cargo-only plane. The horse was gonna tear the airplane apart if he wasn’t stopped. He’d already done a bunch of dangerous damage before the situation got really insane. It was one hell of a mess.

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