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How does a scorpion stab its victim?

Spider

Sage
When I mean how, I mean does it bend its tail backwards? Or is its tail long enough to reach over to the front of the scorpion? I've never seen a scorpion in action so I don't really know.
 

Spider

Sage
Can a scorpion's tail bend backwards though (if it wanted to sting something behind it)?
 

A. E. Lowan

Forum Mom
Leadership
You know, I have no idea. My first impulse is to say "no," but honestly most of what I know about arachnids involves catching them in a vase or dipping them in drawn butter (crabs are arachnids, you gross people!).

Do you have a local community college or university (or even a good high school) with an etymologist (studies bugs) you might be able to e-mail? Most academics are more than happy to answer politely worded questions from writers, especially at smaller schools.
 
I always remember it as: entomology is the study of ents-- and the bugs in their bark. Etymology is whether "et" counts as a word. :)
 
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