Scorpions are found on all continents with the exception of Antarctica because They have excellent adaptation abilities. There are 1750 different scorpion species with 13 extant species known by scientists.
- Unlike insects, which generally give eggs, scorpions produce babies.
- The pregnancy can be two months to 18 months, depending on the species.
- Newborn scorpion ride on the back of their mothers.
- Scorpions have a long lifespan. In the wild, scorpions can live from 2-10 years while In captivity, scorpions have lived for 25 years.
- A scorpion can live for a full year without food because They have the ability to slow their metabolic rates.
- A scorpion can stay submerged underwater and survive for up to 48 hours.
- Scorpions live in dry environments, but they can survive on only the moisture they obtain from their food.
- Scorpions glow in the dark due to ultraviolet light. A scorpion's skin absorbs ultraviolet light and reflects it as visible light. This makes easier to locate scorpion species.
- "The new outer skeleton forms beneath the current one. This process is called molting." When a scorpion molts, its new skin is initially soft and doesn't contain any substance that causes fluorescence. So, recently molted scorpions does not glow in the dark.
- Scorpion's fossils can be also fluoresced after hundreds of millions of years.
- Scorpions are a nocturnal predator. Most of the scorpions prey on insects and spiders but some feed on earthworms.
- A hungry mother scorpion will eat her own babies if food is scarce.
- Scorpions are venomous. Venom is produced by the tail component called "telson".
- A scorpion can control when it produces venom and how powerful the venom is depending on whether it needs to kill prey or defend itself from predators.
- All scorpions are venomous but only about 25 species are known to have venom that's capable of killing a human being.
- Scorpions have poor vision. They locate their prey through smell and ground vibrations.
- Females are usually larger than males. sometimes the female kills and eats the male after mating.
