- The Palestine scorpion kills its prey
with just 0.255mg of the deadliest venom in the world.
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- Scorpions are any of the 1,200 to 1,300
species of arachnids characterized by an elongated body and a
segmented tail that is tipped with a venomous stinger.
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- Scorpions are nocturnal and feed mainly
on insects and spiders. Large prey is usually paralyzed with
the venom injected by the stinger before it is eaten.
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- During mating the male and female perform
a "courtship dance."
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- At least two general types of scorpion
poison exist.
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- Most scorpions prefer to retreat rather
than to fight and do not sting humans unless provoked.
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