The Scorpion

Scorpions

Classification
The scorpion is an arachnid like a spider. Arachnida all have eight legs. 

Physical Description

A scorpion is a creature  that has a long tail with a poisionous stinger. The scorpion has four legs on each side. Some scorpions are hairy and some are not.

Habitat

The rock scorpion lives in Southern America. It hides in the cracks between the rocks. All scorpions are found in all major land masses exept Antartica.

Movement 

Scorpions crawl on eight legs. They crawl fast like spiders.

Diet

They eat insects like praying mantis. They also eat small mammals.

Other Interesting facts
Scorpions have stung and killed their predators for more then 400 years. Venom is squeezed out of the stinger.  

By Scott