1). Scorpions Are Arachnids. Scorpions Are Arthropods That Belong To The Class Arachnida.
2). The Arachnidas Include Spiders, Harvestmen, Ticks And Mites, And All Manner Of Scorpion-Like Creatures That Are Not Really Scorpions.
3). They Have Long Lifespan Most Arthropods Have Relatively Brief Lives Compared To Other Animals.
4). In The Wild, Scorpions Typically Live From 2-10 Years. In Captivity, Scorpions Have Lived As Long As 25 Years.
5). Modern Scorpions Can Live As Long As 25 Years. That's No Accident. Scorpions Are Champions Of Survival.
6). Whin Scorpions, Pseudo Scorpions, And Wind Scorpions. Like Their Arachnid Scorpions Have Two Body Parts (Cephalothorax And Abdomen) And Four Pairs Of Legs.
7). Although Scorpions Share Anatomical Similarities With All Of The Other Arachnids, Scientists Who Study Their Evolution Believe They Are Most Closely Related To Harvestmen (Opiliones).
8). They Can Survive Just About Anything. Arthropods Have Lived On The Land For Over 400 Million Years.
9). A Scorpion Can Live For A Full Year Without Food. Because They Have Book Lungs (Like Horseshoe Crabs), They Can Stay Submerged Underwater For Up To 48 Hours And Survive.
10). Scorpions Live In Harsh, Dry Environments, But They Can Live On Only The Moisture They Obtain From Their Food.
11). They Are Ancient Organisms. Where You Able To Travel Back In Time 300 Million Years, You Would Encounter Scorpions That Look Remarkably Similar To Their Descendants Living Today.
12). The First Scorpions Ancestors Likely Lived In The Seas, And May Even Have Had Gills.
13). By The Silurian Period, 420 Million Years Ago, Some Of These Creatures Had Made Their Way Onto Land. Early Scorpions May Have Had Compound Eyes.
14). They Have Extremely Low Metabolic Rates And Require Only A Tenth Of The Oxygen Of Most Insects. Scorpions Seem Virtually Indestructible.
15). Some Scorpions Develop Within A Membrane Where They Receive Nourishment Both Them A Yolk And From Their Mothers. Others Develop Without A Membrane And Receive Nourishment Directly From Their Mothers.
16). The Gestational Stage Can Be As Short As Two Months, Or As Long As 18 Months Depending On The Species.
17). After Birth The Newborn Scorpions Ride On Their Mother's Back Where They Remain Protected Until They Molt For The First Time. After This, They Disperse.
18). They Give Birth To Live Young. Unlike Insects, Which Generally Deposit Eggs Outside Their Bodies, Scorpions Produce Live Babies A Practice Known As Viviparity.
19). Many Insects Live Just Weeks Or Months. Mayflies Last Just A Few Days. But Scorpions Are Among The Arthropods With The Longest Lifespan.
20). Fossil Evidence Shows That Scorpions Have Remained Largely Unchanged Since The Carboniferous Period.
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