These films are often exaggerations of what is really out there; only a few scorpions are considered to be deadly to humans. The venom of most scorpions is only potent enough to kill the small insects or animals that they feed on. In fact, the United States has only one type of scorpion that is considered deadly to humans.
Mount Paricutin, Mexico Mount Paricutin was discovered in 1943 in a large cornfield in Paricutin MichoacÃ¡n, Mexico. Paricutin is a small Tarascan Indian village and the volcano itself is named after it.
Mount Rainier is the highest volcanic peak in the Cascades, a mountain range that stretches from Mount Garibaldi in British Columbia to Lassen Peak in Northern California. Mount Rainier was formed not in one great cataclysm, but by many years of volcanic activity. It is a composite volcano (or stratovolcano) made from sluggish, intermittent lava flows and explosive eruptions of ash and rock. Volcanoes have been erupting in this region for at least 40 million years.