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• 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 aren’t 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.

More about ScorpionsMore about Scorpions•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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