Freaky Facts and Features of Creepy Crawly Creatures of the Rainforest

Scorpion

Description

Scorpions use their front pair of pinchers as feelers and also to grab and tear apart their prey. The stinger in the back is used to inject venom into large prey, which is first paralyzed before the scorpion kills it.

Habitat

Scorpions live in almost all of the world except for New Zealand, Argentina, Chile, and

Physical Characteristics

A scorpion has a venom that will injure or destroy the soft body or nervous system of its victim. There are 700 species of scorpions that we know of today, they are part of the arachnida family, which includes spiders, and other creatures.

 

Food

Scorpions eat insects, cockroaches, beetles, and crickets

Enemies

Scorpions are eaten by many birds and owls. The elf owls feed the scorpions mostly to their young