![]() The most dangerous scorpion in Arizona is the bark scorpion, Centruroides sculpturatus. Of the 1,500 known scorpion species only 25 have a sting potent enough to be considered potentially dangerous to humans. ![]() Only a very few scorpions are potentially dangerous to people. Perhaps the biggest myth is that all scorpions are deadly, and this is totally wrong. The venom in a scorpion's stinger is the same all through a scorpion's life. Other people say the sting of a baby scorpion is more dangerous than the sting of an adult, but again, this is false. Many people say that scorpions are so aggressive they will sting themselves to death, but this is not a natural behavior of scorpions in the wild. They generally live between 2-10 years, but some might live as long as 25 years! Not bad for such little guys who are usually only one or two inches long. Other scorpions can live for two days under water or survive long periods of cold. Some scorpions can survive a whole year with no food. Scorpions Eating Habitsīesides having bad table manners, scorpions are also very tough. The scorpion sucks the gooey pieces into its mouth. The juices melt the bits into soft sticky stew. When the pile is big enough, the scorpion spits strong digestive juices onto the pile of animal bits. Once the animal can't get away, the scorpion begins to tear it into tiny pieces. Some scorpions have such powerful pincers they seldom use their stinger. After an unlucky animal is grabbed by a scorpion's strong pincers, the scorpion uses its stinger to sting the animal multiple times. Hunting at night, a scorpion will eat almost anything, even other scorpions. ![]() Wherever they live, scorpions are nocturnal predators.
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