Scorpion Facts

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• There are about 2,000 species of scorpions, all of them are venomous.

• The largest scorpions are about 9.8 inches (25 centimeters) long, and the smallest are about 1.2 inches (3 centimeters).

• The average lifespan in the wild for the scorpion is 3 to 8 years.
  

  One of the largest concentrations of scorpions is found all throughout Northern Hemisphere.

• Some scorpions have up to 10 eyes, though they can’t see very well.

• 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.

• After mating, a female scorpion might become aggressive and kill and eat the male scorpion.

• The young are called Scorplings.

• A mother scorpion might even eat her offspring if she became hungry.

• Scorpions are nocturnal, sleeping during the day and coming out at night to hunt for food.

• Scorpions glow under ultraviolet light.

• Scorpions can survive being in a freezer overnight!

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