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Emperor scorpions fluoresce under UV light. Stinger of wild Pandinus imperator in southern Ghana. The emperor scorpion (Pandinus imperator) is a species of scorpion native to rainforests and savannas in West Africa. It is one of the largest scorpions in the world and lives for six to eight years.
The deathstalker is one of the most dangerous species of scorpions. [10] [11] Its venom is a powerful mixture of neurotoxins, with a low lethal dose. [12]While a sting from this scorpion is extraordinarily painful, it normally would not kill a healthy adult human.
Members of Pandinus are generally large scorpions (about 120–200 mm total length), which are dark to black colored, sometimes with paler metasoma and legs. The pedipalp pincers are massive, while the metasoma is proportionally thin with a small vesicle and stinger (aculeus).
Its competitors include the giant desert centipede which is also a natural predator to the scorpion. This is an active and aggressive, if provoked, scorpion, which, as with all scorpions, is nocturnal. Like all scorpions, the giant desert hairy scorpion gives birth to live young, which remain on the mother's back for a week or more before ...
With a length of around 2 m (6 ft 7 in) it was one of the biggest predators of Mallorca during the Early Pliocene. [277] The largest known blind snake is Boipeba tayasuensis with estimated total length of 1.1 m (3 ft 7 in). [278] The largest known land lizard is probably megalania (Varanus priscus) at 7 m (23 ft) in length. [279]
Mastigoproctus giganteus, a predator of millipedes. Whip scorpions are carnivorous, nocturnal hunters feeding mostly on insects, millipedes, scorpions, and terrestrial isopods, [13] but sometimes on worms and slugs. Mastigoproctus sometimes preys on small vertebrates. [13]
Predators and Threats. Emperor penguins are preyed upon by a number of large, marine carnivores, but their exact predators vary between geographic locations. Vulnerable emperor penguin chicks are ...
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