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Scorpion
Scorpions
are
predatory
arachnids
of the order
Scorpiones
. They have eight legs and are easily recognised by the pair of grasping
pedipalps
and the narrow, segmented
tail
, often carried in a characteristic forward curve over the back, ending with a
venomous
stinger
. Scorpions range in size from 9 mm (
Typhlochactas mitchelli
) to 23 cm (
Heterometrus swammerdami
).
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