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Scorpions

I got some great info on Scorpions via Animal Planet. Did you know that Scorpions can chose a 'stun' version of their poison rather than the 'kill' version when attacking their enemy? The reason is because the 'kill' version takes more chemicals and longer to create within their system. Scorpions account for as much as 1000 deaths per year! You have to be weary of the smaller ones than the bigger ones. Also, the larger the claws of a scorpion the less lethal is their poison.

Scorpions

A scorpion can have up to 12 eyes. Annually a thousand people are killed by scorpions in Mexico.

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Saw one on a trip. It just came out of ground like magic and immediately started to snap its 'hands' at me. They are unsightly things and I immediately killed it (Sorry PETA).

Scorpions

Scorpion stings on the rise in Arizona

A wet January and a hot February mean the scorpions are out earlier than usual this year. Ref. Source 2x.

Scorpions

Scorpions make a fluorescent compound that could help protect them from parasites. Most scorpions glow a blue-green color when illuminated by ultraviolet light or natural moonlight. Scientists aren't sure how this fluorescence benefits the creatures, but some have speculated that it acts as a sunscreen, or helps them find mates in the dark. Now, researchers have identified a new fluorescent compound from scorpion exoskeletons. The team says that the compound could protect these arachnids from parasites. Source 1e.