Akshay Kumar proves time and again that he is truly a "Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi" - the action star happily sunbathed with a deadly scorpion while shooting for the fourth season of action adventure reality series "Khatron Ke Khiladi" in South Africa.Akshay posted a picture of himself relaxing on the beach on micro-blogging site Twitter.

He is seen relaxing on the beach wearing a sleeveless t-shirt and sunglasses, and a scorpion is seen sitting pretty on his right eye and nose.

"Sunbathing with my new friend, the Scorpion King! Can you see the size of these things! What a pleasure, but what a sting," Akshay posted along with the deadly picture.

The 43-year-old, who is hosting the show for Colors, is currently in Cape Town shooting with 13 female celebrity participants and their respective male partners for the show.

The participants for this season include former Indian women's cricket captain Anjum Chopra, models Diandra Soares, Alesia Raut and Poonam Pandey, actresses Aarti Chhabria, Smita Bansal and Aashka Goradia, item girls Sambhavna Seth and Kashmera Shah, two VJs - Bani and Mia Uyeda, singer Mauli Dave and Dina Singh who is actor Vindu Dara Singh's wife.

The show, which usually involves dangerous tasks involving height and even creepy crawlies, will go on air towards May-end.