picked up a Egyptian Green Scorpion (Buthacus leptochelys nitzani) at the show today

Mark Newton

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You dont know how lucky you people are to be able to keep scorpions in open systems like this, if we did this with our desert species, they'd be dead in no time. These scorpions must be very good at minimising water loss from evaporation and respiration.
 

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You dont know how lucky you people are to be able to keep scorpions in open systems like this, if we did this with our desert species, they'd be dead in no time. These scorpions must be very good at minimising water loss from evaporation and respiration.
Why is that?
 
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