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It is called an exoskeleton. That means it is a thick durable outer shell somewhat like an ant's.
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Does scorpions posses compound eye?
No, scorpions don't have compound eyes. However, scorpions do have two eyes at the top of it's body, and three on either side of it's body. Scorpions have a total of eight eyes. Scorpions are in the genus, or genre, arachnid which spiders are also in.
Do pocket mice eat scorpions?
Scorpions make good lizard food. There are many predators to scorpions, birds, cats, mice, rats, even humans in certain locations eat scorpions. So lizards eat scorpions, spiders eat scorpions, scorpions eat scorpions and people eat scorpions. I'm sure pocket mice eat scorpions!
Do scorpions have claws?
No, only pinchers and stinger Ahh, my favorite question LOL scorpions don't have fangs like spiders, but they do have mouth parts called chelicerae that look like mini-sized pinchers attached to their heads. They use their chelicerae to tear and chew food, like humans use their teeth. Scorpions can in fact deliver a painful bite with their chelicerae.
What can scorpions climb?
No. Scorpions cannot jump. When eyeing off their prey, scorpions move slowly and stealthily with their open claws out in front, and their tail curled above their body.
Are scorpions herbivores?
No, scorpions are carnivores.
Which process enables baby scorpions to develop various kinds of body parts from a single zygote?
A zygote develops various different body parts through the process of cellular differentiation.
Do scorpions have a head thorax and abdomen?
As with other arachnids, scorpions have only two main body parts â?? the cephalothorax and the abdomen. The scorpion's four sets of legs are attached to the cephalothorax.
What does aracknid mean?
If you mean arachnid, they are spiders, scorpions, mites, ticks - having a body divided into two parts and eight legs
Does scorpions posses compound eye?
No, scorpions don't have compound eyes. However, scorpions do have two eyes at the top of it's body, and three on either side of it's body. Scorpions have a total of eight eyes. Scorpions are in the genus, or genre, arachnid which spiders are also in.
Why do some scorpions glow?
In ultraviolet light, some types of scorpions glow blue. Their exoskeletons are reacting to a type of light that human eyes can't see. Scientists are not sure just why this happens to scorpions. One theory is that the glow warns them when parts of their body aren't properly hidden, and could give them away.
Why aer spiders and scorpions aer not insects?
spiders and scorpion's not insects that is because they have two parts of their bodies
How are scorpians not insects?
Scorpions are arthropods, and arachnids. They have eight legs. They are not insects. Scorpions are arachnids. All adult insects have three body sections, the head, the body, and the thorax, and each one is visibly separated from the others. Scorpions clearly don't have such segments, and therefor aren't insects.
What are arachnid insects?
There's no such thing as 'arachnid insects'. The phrase is a contradiction in terms. The word 'arachnid' refers to membership in the class Arachnida. Such members are recognized by their lack of antennae or wings, hard skeleton that's found on the outside of their body parts, and four sets of jointed legs that they tend to have as adults. Examples include such non insects as water boatmen, ticks, spiders, scorpions, mites, and harvesters.The term 'insects' refers to membership in the class Insecta. Such members are recognized by their two antennae, three sets of jointed legs, three segmented bodies, and hard skeleton that's found on the outside of their body parts.
What is the collective noun for scorpions?
The collective nouns are a bed of scorpions, a colony of scorpions, or a nest of scorpions.
Do pocket mice eat scorpions?
Scorpions make good lizard food. There are many predators to scorpions, birds, cats, mice, rats, even humans in certain locations eat scorpions. So lizards eat scorpions, spiders eat scorpions, scorpions eat scorpions and people eat scorpions. I'm sure pocket mice eat scorpions!
Why scorpions withstand on nuclear radiation?
Because they have Sex Lube put all over their body.
Do scorpions have claws?
No, only pinchers and stinger Ahh, my favorite question LOL scorpions don't have fangs like spiders, but they do have mouth parts called chelicerae that look like mini-sized pinchers attached to their heads. They use their chelicerae to tear and chew food, like humans use their teeth. Scorpions can in fact deliver a painful bite with their chelicerae.
