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Females are usually larger than males. Occasionally, the female even kills and eats the male after mating.
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As nocturnal animals, scorpions usually only come out at night. In fact, some species spend up to 97% of their lives in their burrows.
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Similarly to cockroaches, scorpions are great at reflecting radiation, which makes their chances of surviving a nuclear attack much higher than that of most other animal species.
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Scorpions always try to subdue their prey mechanically with their pincers, saving their stingers only for a last resort because it can take up to a week or more to generate a new venom supply.
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Colloquially known as the deathstalker, the Israeli yellow scorpion is considered the most dangerous scorpion species. Its sting is exceptionally painful and it can kill an adult man.
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