One of the very interesting and a solitary creature are The Scorpion. Scorpions are violent and deadly creatures which have a life span of around twenty-five years.
They are out at night and wait until a suitable scene crosses their path, they do not hunt. They will trap their victim by injecting a deadly poison which kills or effectively stuns the innocent creature. The Scorpion’s stinger sits at the top of their many segmented tail.
These creatures have and ability to control the venom which is released from their stinger while they attack. If they are in danger, its victim will be poisoned several times. There are over fifteen-hundred species of Scorpion in the world, but only twenty-five are lethal.
Scorpions will survive for a year without food or water, this makes them the most enduring creatures on the planet. The mating ritual of Scorpions is very dangerous and unusual. They battle dance and sting one another in the process. The reproduction cycle takes as long as eighteen months for the birth to occur.
The Female Scorpions are also furious mothers and will ferociously protect their offspring’s from all the harm or threat of harm. She carries her children on her back after they are born, and will feed and protect them until they drop off her back when ready to hunt on their own.
One of the interesting characteristics of Scorpions is their six to twelve eyes. They have a central pair and several more eyes clustered around this set. Despite these extra eyes they can not see very well. They have sensory hairs on their under bellies which allow them to pick up vibrations and help them to find their way around in the dark. They are only able to distinguish light from dark and shadows.
One More unusual characteristic of the Scorpion is that they have a natural florescence and they will all glow under ultra-violet light. The scientists are still not exactly sure what causes the Scorpion’s body to do this.
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