Strip+Tailed+Scorpion

__**Common Name:**__ Stripe Tailed Scorpion, "Devil" Scorpion

__**Phyla:**__ Arthropoda

__**Scientific Name:**__ //Vaejovis spinigerus// __**Class:**__ Arachnida __**Location:**__ Arizona __**Size:**__ Grows to about 2.5 inches long

__**Habitat:**__ Resting under rocks during the day and coming out at night to feed.Typically found under many surface objects (including sleeping bags, shoes, etc.) where it digs a short burrow for protection. They can dig burrows about one meter deep in gravel soils.


 * __Life Cycle:__** Give birth to live young. Scorpions do an interesting dance some call the "courting dance" to mate. The male will release a packet of sperm and drag the female over it. S corpions are cannibals so when two scorpions meet, they usually fight until the death. The winner eats the loser. That’s typically what happens when the male trys to get away after mating. The female attacks and eats him. Different scorpions will be pregnant for different amounts of time. Some give birth after several months and others for over a year. They will have between 25 and 35 babies. The babies stay on their mother's back until they molt for the first time. After that, they start to do things on their own. After they molt five or six times, they are an adult. Most scorpions live for 3-5 years, but some can live up to 25 years.

__**Male and Female Differences:**__ The only real difference between male and female is that the males are usually smaller in length.

__**Human Impact:**__ Since they like to hide under shoes and inside houses, humans treat them like they do spiders. They either figure a way to get the scorpion outside or they kill it. These scorpions are venomous but not deadly so people try to get them away at all costs.

__**Facts:**__
 * They fluoresce under ultraviolet light.
 * Valuable to medical research. The venoms of several different species are being looked at as they may be instrumental in the creation of new antibiotics and various cancer treatments, including brain cancer.
 * Zookeeper: Kenzie Davidson**

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