Honestly, getting attacked by a cat is far worse than any exotic pet/creature that has ever bitten/stung me.
Unless you are around my friend which so happens to work for OSU in pest control means through their Agricultural center outside of Wooster Ohio, he has 2 Scorpion species which for all intents and purposes would either send you to the ICU or 6 feet under they are both Fattails the Androctonus Austrailis and Bicolor
yes these two give me nightmares about putting my shoes on if I was visiting North Africa or the Middle East.