Scorpions

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Scorpions

• Fernando DiNardo

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About Scorpions

• Scorpions are predatory animals of the class
  Arachnida, making them cousins to spiders, mites
  and ticks.
• Scorpions have eight legs, a pair of pincers
  (pedipalps) and a narrow segmented tail that
  often curves over their back, on the end of which
  is a venomous stinger.
• Areas of China have a traditional dish of fried
  scorpion, and scorpion wine features in Chinese
  medicine.

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• Scorpions can eat a massive amount of food in one
  meal. Their large food storage organs, together
  with a low metabolism rate and an inactive
  lifestyle means that if necessary they can
  survive 6-12 months without eating again.
• The scorpion uses their pincers to quickly grab
  prey and then whip their poisonous tail stinger
  over to kill or paralyze the prey. The tail is
  also used as a useful defense against predators.
• The scorpion is one of the 12 signs of the
  Zodiac, with the Scorpio constellation identified
  in the stars.
• The scorpion is nocturnal, often hiding during
  the day under rocks and in holes in the ground
  before emerging at night to feed.

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• It is true that a Scorpion is able to tell the
  difference between light and dark.
• They are extremely sensitive to light so they
  arent going to be out roaming around in the sun.
• The Scorpion loves to live around rocks, sand,
  and trees. However, they are very adaptable and
  have been found living in some very unusual
  places.

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• Scorpions can only consume a liquid diet. The
  venom they inject into prey allows the insides to
  be turned into liquid that they suck out.
• Scorpions can only consume a liquid diet. The
  venom they inject into prey allows the insides to
  be turned into liquid that they suck out.
• One of the most dangerous species is the Fattail
  scorpion which is also called the fat-tailed
  scorpion.
• Scorpions tend to live in areas that are from 68
  degrees Fahrenheit to 99 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Scorpions need soil around their living
  environment so that they can thrive.
• Some of the very dangerous Scorpions live in
  North Africa and the Middle East.

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