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| | water scorpion - encyclopedia article about water scorpion. |
 | | [1] They are commonly called water scorpions for their superficial resemblance to a scorpion, which is due to the modification of the legs of the anterior pair for prehension, and to the presence of a long slender process, simulating a tail, at the posterior end of the abdomen. | | | The scorpion body is divided into 2 main segments: the cephalothorax and the abdomen. | | | Nepa cinerea is a species of water scorpions (Nepidae), found in Central Europe and the British Isles. |
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| | Scorpion: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic |
| | The emperor scorpion (pandinus imperator) is a species of scorpion native to africa.... | | | This causes the scorpion to spasm wildly and this spasming may appear as as if the scorpion is stinging itself, EHandler: no quick summary. | | | (as scorpions with less potent venom use their larger pincers to subdue prey. |
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| | scorpion - Columbia Encyclopedia article about scorpion |
| | Although scorpion stings are painful, they are not usually dangerous to humans. | | | Scorpions are classified in the phylum Arthropoda Arthropoda (ärthrŏp`ədə) [Gr.,=jointed feet], largest and most diverse animal phylum. | | | Exceptions are the greatly feared scorpion Androctonus australis of the Sahara Desert, whose sting causes death in 6 to 7 hr if the victim is not treated with antivenin, and several species of the genus Centruroides, found in Mexico, which have been responsible for the deaths of a number of persons, mostly children. |
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| | The Peace Encyclopedia: "The Frog and the Scorpion" |
| | As my friend, the scorpion would surely tell all the other scorpions that I am a friend, and that they too should never sting me! And they wouldn't sting my frog family or my frog friends either! | | | Now, everyone knows the history of scorpions - they sting and have a deadly poison. | | | She thought to herself: "I mean no harm to the scorpion, why should he sting me? If he stings me, we will both drown, and he must value life as much as I. If I help him, he will be my friend - because he knows that I am a nice frog. |
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| | Scorpion Progressive hosting center - Neobee.net hosting ... |
| | Any of various arachnids of the order Scorpionida, of warm dry regions, having a segmented body and an erectile tail tipped with a venomous sting. | | | A scorpion is an invertebrate animal with eight legs belonging to the order Scorpiones in the... | | | QUALCOMM's "Scorpion" mobile microprocessor delivers an unsurpassed 1 GHz of processing speed to... |
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| | sea scorpion - definition of sea scorpion in Encyclopedia |
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