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Black with large black claws
Warm moist climates
Non venumas but have venum rerly use their stinger
The emperor scorpion is eating a brown ceckit.It has big claws.It also
a big tail.
an emperor scorpion Is not a painfull sting if thats what you are talking about. I have bin stung several times. but thanx for the coment.
This impressive scorpion is considered the worlds largest although some Asian scorpions (Heterometrius, Palamneus) grown in captivity (for eating) are claimed to get larger. Pandinus is the African genus and considered threatened. Although it is listed under CITES http://www.cites.org/ live import is tightly controlled but captive breeding is permitted. While not considered dangerous, larger scorpions are self assured and unlikely to sting. If it does you will never forget the pain.
Spotted on Mar 17, 2012
Submitted on Mar 17, 2012
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