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Well, since scorpions crap out of the ends of their "tails" (metasomas, right?), that means that they obviously must have vital organs in their metasomas.
But then I look at a Hadogenes, and I can't imagine anything but intestines fitting in such a thin metasoma.
A reasonable assumption, I would guess.
But then I look at an A bicolor or a P transvalicus, and the tail is hella thick.
Now, onto the questions. Do extremely fat-tailed and extremely thin-tailed scorpions have the same basic internal anatomy? Does a fat-tailed scorpion have organs in its tail that would be located elsewhere in a thin-tailed scorpion? Or is the excess fatness of fat-tailed scorpions' tails due solely to excess musculkature (and maybe a thicker exoskeleton)?
But then I look at a Hadogenes, and I can't imagine anything but intestines fitting in such a thin metasoma.
A reasonable assumption, I would guess.
But then I look at an A bicolor or a P transvalicus, and the tail is hella thick.
Now, onto the questions. Do extremely fat-tailed and extremely thin-tailed scorpions have the same basic internal anatomy? Does a fat-tailed scorpion have organs in its tail that would be located elsewhere in a thin-tailed scorpion? Or is the excess fatness of fat-tailed scorpions' tails due solely to excess musculkature (and maybe a thicker exoskeleton)?