The UAE’s most poisonous creatures, from deathstalker scorpions to saw-scaled vipers

Scorpions, snakes and spiders – the UAE is home to plenty of creatures that many of us would rather see on a wildlife documentary than in real life.

The presence of frightening wildlife came to the fore with the news that an Abu Dhabi family found a venomous saw-scaled viper in their car after a camping trip.

While poisonous snake sightings are relatively rare in the UAE, a fearsome-looking Arabian cat snake was seen in the south-east of the country last year.