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Venom in scorpions was developed primarily to subdue prey; the use of venom as a defense was secondary. I was just wondering, though, if anyone knows of records of the effectiveness of scorpions' venom against a predator, whether it is species-specific or for a genus, family, or just in general. I know there are probably variables in the scorpion's environs, such as the type of predators, locality differences of the same species, how much is injected, the toxicity of a specimen within a species, etc. I was interested because scorpions have adapted and diversified for hundreds of millions of years, yet they have adapted relatively slowly. Anyone have any ideas?