Poll: Scorps vs. Ts (owners of both only!)

[Xaranx]

I like scorpions, little tanks of death. Lot easier to contain (no glass walkers)which makes it a lot easier to breed. My taranutla is fun too though, but more from a display aspect than anything else. My actual hobby is scorpions though, breeding and raising.

 

[~Abyss~]

Yes .EXACTLY the same, as you can see.

http://www.tarantulas.ru/photo/Avicularia_versicolor_5_foto.jpg

http://www.tarantulas.com/images/usumbara.jpg

http://www.pethandbook.com/assets/images/brazilblack.jpg

I'm sorry I don't see any differances.

Random pictures from the Scorpion files
http://www.ub.ntnu.no/scorpion-files/b_bonariensis5.jpg
http://www.ub.ntnu.no/scorpion-files/a_australis_hector.jpg
http://www.ub.ntnu.no/scorpion-files/l_waigiensis3.jpg

Different body shape, color, tail sizes, ect.
-Eddy

 

[Aztek]

Yes .EXACTLY the same, as you can see.

http://www.tarantulas.ru/photo/Avicularia_versicolor_5_foto.jpg

http://www.tarantulas.com/images/usumbara.jpg

http://www.pethandbook.com/assets/images/brazilblack.jpg

colors sure, but not the silouhette

Look at scorpions
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a347/aztec_vamp/Pets/DSC02065.jpg

http://www.photovault.com/Link/Orders/EntomologyInsects/Scorpions/OERVolume01/OERV01P04_01.jpg

Look at the difference in the tails.

And look at this
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a347/aztec_vamp/Pets/DSC01138.jpg
Even more different then those two.

And also when scorpions catch their food you see them sting with a beautiful arch.
but T's?
Just scoop em' under and bleh, they're done.

 

[Big Red TJ]

I'm sorry I don't see any differances.

Random pictures from the Scorpion files
http://www.ub.ntnu.no/scorpion-files/b_bonariensis5.jpg
http://www.ub.ntnu.no/scorpion-files/a_australis_hector.jpg
http://www.ub.ntnu.no/scorpion-files/l_waigiensis3.jpg

Different body shape, color, tail sizes, ect.
-Eddy

Well said. If you drop a Scorpion it shrugs it off turns and faces you and says sure you are 10 times my size....Let's get it on. But a tarantula says splat!!!

 

[~Abyss~]

Yeah they can get really feisty. And defiantly take down prey much larger than themselves.
Androctonus mauritanicus and the 'Giant Horn Worm'...

Sizes up the prey...
http://i44.servimg.com/u/f44/11/84/74/39/size_u10.jpg

Going in for the kill...
http://i44.servimg.com/u/f44/11/84/74/39/going_10.jpg

Spoils of war...
http://i44.servimg.com/u/f44/11/84/74/39/spoils10.jpg

You just had to see it 'strike' 'strike' 'strike' and then the struggle to pull it into its scrape...


Picture, captions, and scorpions are by Thaedion.

 

[hairmetalspider]

Eh. I don't see it.
I'm a tarantula lover at heart.

Arboreals have different shapes than terrestrials...they're different sizes...Have different markings, colors, patterns...

And tarantulas don't all go 'splat'. Unless you're hurling them at a wall, which you might, but I don't recommend it.

But ok.

 

[Aztek]

Arboreals have different shapes than terrestrials...they're different sizes...Have different markings, colors, patterns...

But ok.

So do scorpions.

More shapes, more sizes, more colors more patterns.

We win.

 

[Big Red TJ]

Eh. I don't see it.
I'm a tarantula lover at heart.

Arboreals have different shapes than terrestrials...they're different sizes...Have different markings, colors, patterns...

And tarantulas don't all go 'splat'. Unless you're hurling them at a wall, which you might, but I don't recommend it.

But ok.

haha you made my day with that statement... It brings back memories of a ornamental that I hadthat loved to teleport on your face.

 

[hairmetalspider]

haha you made my day with that statement... It brings back memories of a ornamental that I hadthat loved to teleport on your face.

If you had a teleporting T, you should be making millions right now!

 

[EWom]

I go with scorps, because I've been interested in scorpions for as long as I can remember, which is somewhere around 2nd or 3rd grade.

T's are cool, but just something awesome about the body style of scorpions I love.

 

[bjaeger]

To back up Eddie's statement:

My 3i B. jacksoni eating a cricket much larger than himself.

 

[SNAFU]

Have both & started out with scorps. I'm a much bigger T fan however. My scorps are just, well- boring. B.Jacksoni, P.Imperator, H.Arizonensis, & P.Cavimanus. Yeah when they actually do catch something & zap it, cool. But for the most part, mine just sit & do nothing.

 

[Nich]

Definately Ts, they are a lot more active.

......? Are you serious.....

You guys suck not posting this on the scorpion section too I hardly know any of you on the T section. But Sorry to say All tarantulas look the same. And whats the point of having so many if you cant keep the comunally. Pfff. Thats lame.
-Eddy
P.S- Although I *kinda* mean what I just wrote I hope Y'all know I'm messing with you. I have both and enjoy both but I will always be a scorp guy.

^^^^almost made a double post. Though Ill have to say, my andros, parabuth's, and...well all of the scorps i keep are FAR more active than my T's. Only T i keep that compares to the activity is Phormictopus and Thrixo, and that is really pushing it.

 

[Zoltan]

First off I don't keep any scorpions (yet), thus didn't vote, and have little knowledge about scorpions so I may say some stupid things. (feel free to correct me)

- I have not seen nearly as much scorpions as tarantulas, but to me it looks that the tarantulas' color range is much wider (from black through red/orange/yellow to blue/purple) while scorpions are mostly brown/black/yellow - boooring.

- Defense mechanisms: do scorpions have urticating hairs? I guess not? Well tarantulas do (it's not really an attracting thing to us though), as well as some can stridulate besides just plainly biting. Can scorps stridulate? Or just poke with their stings?

- Tarantulas can be arboreals and terrestrials (not to mention obligate burrowers, which are considered the 3rd "type" by some). Do all scorpions live on the ground? I guess so, cus from what I know they are not as good with climbing as tarantulas. Boooring

- Once again, I have not seen many scorpions (comparing to the number of T's I saw), so I'd like someone to show me a scorpion that has such a wonderful pattern like a pokie or even a B. smithi (leg pattern f.e.) has.

- P. imperator is the biggest or one of the biggest scorpions, right? Are they as big as a T. blondi or a L. parahybana? Guess not...

Concluding: to me tarantulas are more diverse than scorpions. Tarantulas rule!

 

[Aurelia]

^Scorps also don't spin cool webs like tarantulas.

 

[Aztek]

- I have not seen nearly as much scorpions as tarantulas, but to me it looks that the tarantulas' color range is much wider (from black through red/orange/yellow to blue/purple) while scorpions are mostly brown/black/yellow - boooring.

Let's see
Black
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a347/aztec_vamp/DSC02754.jpg
check
Red
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a347/aztec_vamp/DSC02556.jpg
Check
Yellow
http://www.afpmb.org/pubs/Field_Guide/Images/originals/Fig. 35.jpg
Check

Purple/blue
http://www.ub.ntnu.no/scorpion-files/c_noxius(f)_mexico.jpg
Check

- Defense mechanisms: do scorpions have urticating hairs? I guess not? Well tarantulas do (it's not really an attracting thing to us though), as well as some can stridulate besides just plainly biting. Can scorps stridulate? Or just poke with their stings?

Some do stridulate using by scrubbing their pediaplps, scrubbing their front "legs", or their pectines(unique to them) and some pound on the ground with their pedipals.

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Tarantulas can be arboreals and terrestrials (not to mention obligate burrowers, which are considered the 3rd "type" by some). Do all scorpions live on the ground? I guess so, cus from what I know they are not as good with climbing as tarantulas. Boooring

There are aeroborials, known as bark scorpions.
There are terrestials, like the infamous deathstalker. and final there are tons of burrowers like the desert hairy, pandinus, etc.

- Once again, I have not seen many scorpions (comparing to the number of T's I saw), so I'd like someone to show me a scorpion that has such a wonderful pattern like a pokie or even a B. smithi (leg pattern f.e.) has.

Images removed outright, as they aren't even on original server. - skinheaddave

Way more, but don't want to keep looking.

- P. imperator is the biggest or one of the biggest scorpions, right? Are they as big as a T. blondi or a L. parahybana? Guess not...

I guess that might be true, but most of their size comes from their long skniiy legs and fluffy hair, take that out and they're nothing. Plus they weigh less.

Concluding: to me scorpions are more diverse than Tarantulas. Scorpions rule!

Fix'd

 

[Aztek]

^Scorps also don't spin cool webs like tarantulas.

Tarantulas don't glow under UV like scorpions

 

[Ice Cold Milk]

I'd ride the fence on this one ---

One thing that not many hobbyists would get to experience that gives kudos to scorps is that scorpions are much more fun to hunt for --- UV light hunting is just plain fun. Whereas searching for tarantula burrows can be exhausting.

Scorpions are hardier than many tarantula species (if you know what you're doing with both...).

Also I think scorpion eating habits are more interesting to watch. When it comes down to it though, as display specimens I think tarantulas are better.

(I only keep buthids, no flat rocks or emperors...those are just plain boring in my opinion).

-=ICM=-

 

[~Abyss~]

First off I don't keep any scorpions (yet), thus didn't vote, and have little knowledge about scorpions so I may say some stupid things. (feel free to correct me)

- I have not seen nearly as much scorpions as tarantulas, but to me it looks that the tarantulas' color range is much wider (from black through red/orange/yellow to blue/purple) while scorpions are mostly brown/black/yellow - boooring.

- Defense mechanisms: do scorpions have urticating hairs? I guess not? Well tarantulas do (it's not really an attracting thing to us though), as well as some can stridulate besides just plainly biting. Can scorps stridulate? Or just poke with their stings?

- Tarantulas can be arboreals and terrestrials (not to mention obligate burrowers, which are considered the 3rd "type" by some). Do all scorpions live on the ground? I guess so, cus from what I know they are not as good with climbing as tarantulas. Boooring

- Once again, I have not seen many scorpions (comparing to the number of T's I saw), so I'd like someone to show me a scorpion that has such a wonderful pattern like a pokie or even a B. smithi (leg pattern f.e.) has.

- P. imperator is the biggest or one of the biggest scorpions, right? Are they as big as a T. blondi or a L. parahybana? Guess not...

Concluding: to me tarantulas are more diverse than scorpions. Tarantulas rule!

COLOR: Wow....someone is pretty ignorant about scorp diversity. Tarantula colors are pretty lame. They have to be in the right light just to see them. Aztek Already pointed out the cool color forms Scorpions have

Defense: T's throw hair at you so they can run away. LAME!!!! Scorpions are equipt with tails which can whip you. Stingers to envenomate you, and those claws can draw blood as well as shield the scorpion

Climbing: There are three different types of scorpion, Bark, Arboreal, and burrowing. C. sculpt is a good example of an arboreal scorpion. Though T's do beat scorpion in climbing agility but ours are more diverse.

Patterns: Again Look at Azteks post. And tell me those patterns don't rock.

Size: link to the thread, not the photo -skinheaddave

Conclusion- You know squat about scorpions and Tarantulas suck.
:clap:

 

[~Abyss~]

Oh a few more cool scorpion things

-Glow under UV light
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z248/phpkoder/Scorpions/DSCI0073.jpg

Babies:
[url]http://i48.servimg.com/u/f48/12/08/83/83/imgp3710.jpg[/url]

Mating Dance:
http://www.ub.ntnu.no/scorpion-files/t_fasciolatus_mating.jpg