More Interesting Facts about Scorpions
By: Rocky & Bullwinkle (our pet invertebrates)


1. Some scorpions can live a year without food or water!

2. The sting of a few types of scorpions can be deadly to
humans. In Mexico over a thousand people a year are killed
by scorpion stings.

3. Scorpions are cannibalistic toward each other. They like
having their relatives for dinner.

4. Scorpions are territorial and will not welcome other
scorpions in their territories except that during mating
season they will allow another scorpion if the other
scorpion is of the opposite gender.

5. Scorpions are violent toward each other even during
mating and often kill their mates after mating. Since the
females are larger than the males, it is usually the male
that gets eaten.

6. Male scorpions do a complicated courtship dance to
attract female scorpions, showing off his stuff as the right
species and a potential mate and father for the next
generation.

7. Scorpions are not found only in desert-like areas like
most people think. They are also found along ocean beaches.
There are at least ten scorpion species that can be found
along the sea.

8. Scorpio is a star formation or birth sign in the
horoscope.

9. Scorpion mothers carry their eggs inside their bodies
until they hatch, then she gives birth to them live and
carries the babies around on her back for the first few days
or weeks.

10. Scorpions can live two to ten years under the correct
conditions. One scorpion lived to be twenty-five!

11. The largest scorpion on record is 8.3 inches in length
(21 cm).

12. Scorpions are more active in hotter climates and that is
usually where you will find them. During the colder season
some scorpions actually go into a hibernation-like state to
preserve themselves for warmer times.


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