This Scorpion Sprays its Venom! ft. Rock Scorpion & Baboons

The Thick-Tailed Scorpion ( Parabuthus sp. ) has been featured on a reccie episode before - this time we focus more on how they are one of the only scorpions that actively forages for its prey during the morning and evening. They also have an incredibly potent neurotoxic venom which is used to paralyse their prey, which includes all invertebrates, small mammals and reptiles such as geckos or small snakes. The scorpion does have predators though, one being the baboons who have learned how to disarm their sting and eat them. As a defence the thick-tailed scorpion can spray venom at the eyes of the attacker, much like a spitting cobra more famously does. It is also able to rub its stinger against the body to make a rubbing sound that deters an attacker.

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