Mr. Bug

FACT FILE

Name: No name

Species: Imperial scorpion

Found: Forests of W. Africa

Age: 8 years

Gender: 

Length: 15cm

Favourite food: Crickets

Extreme feature: this scorpion carries a weak venom - weak, but still painful.

Scorpions are famous for their sting - it can be used to disable large prey items, but its primary use is self-defence. Mothers carry their babies on the back of their bodies, just under their sting - the safest place to be!