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Handling a Scorpion: Will It Sting?

Testing the limits of fear and curiosity while getting up close with a real scorpion — and finding out just how dangerous it ...
While this tailless whip scorpion may look like a creature from a nightmare, it’s a harmless critter. Contrary to the implication of its common name, it can’t whip or sting and none of its many pointy ...
They look like a mix between a scorpion and a spider, spray acid to protect themselves and eat cockroaches for dinner — and now they've been spotted in Texas. A vinegaroon, an arachnid also known as a ...
BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, Texas (Gray News) – The summer rains in Texas are bringing vinegaroons out of their burrows. The nocturnal creatures are typically found in the desert, but this one was spotted ...
Its name invokes a sense of fear and awe: the giant whip scorpion. It has claws and a whip-like tail emerging from its midsection. It looks like a cross between a scorpion, a spider and some sort of ...
Two new species of short-tailed whip scorpions have been found living deep inside the cool, humid caves of northeastern Brazil, a study reports. Whip scorpions are not true scorpions, but rather part ...