Mary Allen
Scorpions are arachnids. So they are close relatives of spiders. Biology says: They are an order of arachnids. There are many types of scorpions. These can be as small as one centimeter. Other species are even twenty centimeters long.
Scorpions have eight legs. They also have two tentacles with claws in front, like crabs. Additionally, scorpions have a long tails with a venomous stinger at the end. They can defend themselves or catch their prey with their claws and the spike.
What is unusual about Scorpios is that they don’t have a face. However, they have six to ten tiny pinpoint eyes on top of the carapace. They don’t have a mouth either. Scorpions feed with two small claws that come out of an opening in the front of the shell. The scorpion cuts up its prey with its claws and carries the pieces inside.
How do scorpions live?
Scorpios often live hidden in sandy or rocky soil. They are found in the tropics and subtropics. They also feel comfortable in deserts. They like to crawl into cracks or under stones.
With their eyes, scorpions can only distinguish between light and dark. Therefore, they hunt at night, giving them an advantage over their diurnal prey. They have whiskers all over their bodies. They can use them to detect the finest vibrations or drafts. Scorpions use it to feel for prey nearby.
Most Scorpios are loners. Males and females only meet to mate. This begins with a kind of wedding dance that can last several hours. The two hold each other with their scissors. The male then places his sperm packets on the female’s abdomen. By sliding around on the sand, these get into the abdomen of the female.
Eggs develop in the female and hatch in the abdomen. Two to a hundred real little scorpions are then born. They climb onto the mother’s back and remain there until they molt for the first time. So they shed their skin so they can keep growing. From then on they are on their own. They molt a few more times until they have young themselves.
Are scorpions dangerous?
All scorpions have a venomous sting, but not all are dangerous. The larger a species is, the less often it uses the poison sting. Large scorpions can defend themselves well with their claws. Small scorpion species with small claws need to use their sting much more often.
However, there are very few species that are fatal to humans if stung. The stings of most species are more like a wasp sting.