Scorpions are the toughest creatures in the world, 95% of the life they spends under the ground, while the rest of the time chasing everything they could, and even other scorpions.
The same look – different size…
The scorpion was created 400 million years ago, but then it was considerably larger – it was up to one meter long and lived in the sea about 100 million years ago. Then it moved to the mainland and shrunk. Archaeological finds say that today’s scorpion looks exactly the same as when it originated, except that, fortunately, it is much smaller!
Reproduction…
Reproduction takes place so that the male leaves the sperm on the ground and the female inserts it itself into the sexual opening. The male leaves the sperm only when finds a good place, and this can last from one to even 25 hours! It is born of 6 to 90 youngsters a few millimeters long.
Still, most scorpions get eight youngsters. Small scorpions after birth are on the back of their mother and stay there for about a week, or until they change their skin for the first time.
The difference between poisonous and non-poisonous…
In poisonous scorpions, the pliers are narrow, and the tail is thicker, while in the non-porous tail it is narrower. Scorpions with large pliers usually have a weak poison, and large pliers serve him for crushing food. All scorpions have eight legs and a pair of pliers. The difference between the sexes is quite difficult to determine, although the females are slightly larger than the males.
More than 1500 species…
They are spread all over the world, about 1,500 species are known, but there are many that have not yet been classified. Of all the famous species, there are only twenty poisonous to humans! They are most common in the deserts and tropical regions, where they live for eight to nine years, and it is interesting that the some specimens were found thirty years old.
Emperor scorpion pet…
Of all the types of scorpion, the Emperor Scorpion is usually kept as a pet. It is not particularly dangerous, unlike some other types of scorpions. It could be compared to the bees in the intensity of pain. These scorpions are very large, with their length of about 15 – 24 cm, just because of their size they are popular as pets.
Arizona scorpion…
It is not the most poisonous, but is the most dangerous because it injects large quantities of poison. It is a small light yellow scorpion and can only be found in the Arizona area. The Arizona scorpion is a relative of a species living exclusively in Mexico, and this species can kill a man in one hour.
One year without food…
They are carnivores, mostly feed insects and spiders, and their favorite foods are cockroaches. Sometimes they eat other scorpions! Suddenly they can eat a large amount of food and survive without it even up to a year!
