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Nature, 1880 Apropos of the discussion on this point that has lately taken place in NATURE, will you allow me to say that I tried the experiment referred to therein a score of times at least during my long residence in India, and that I never saw the phenomenon so graphically delineated by Byron. My experiments were conducted in cholera and other camps, in the open
Florence Morgan Gillman
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Special Survival Strategy of First-Instar Scorpions Revealed by Synchronous Molting Behavior from Social Facilitation of Maternal Care and Reciprocal Aggregation [PDF]
InsectsEcdysis is a well-known developmental feature among arthropods. Because the aggregate and synchronous molting of first-instar scorpions is markedly different from the common independent molting behavior of older scorpions and most arthropods, knowledge ...
Yiyuan Guo +5 more
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Venom Costs and Optimization in Scorpions
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019 Scorpions use venoms as weapons to improve prey capture and predator defense, and these benefits must be balanced against costs associated with its use. Venom costs involve direct energetic costs associated with the production and storage of toxins, and ...
Edward R J Evans +2 more
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Scorpions and their Venom [PDF]
Nature, 1922 PHYSALIA in “Animaux Venimeux,” p. 252, says that in all venomous animals their immunity to their own venom is limited, and announces that in an experiment a scorpion, Bulteus australis, was killed by an injection of the same venom as its own. I should like to add further observations from personal experience, bearing on this very interesting subject.
C. E. F. MOUAT-BIGGS
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Scorpions: A Presentation [PDF]
Toxins, 2014 Scorpions, at least the species of the family Buthidæ whose venoms are better known, appear as animals that have evolved very little over time. The composition of their venoms is relatively simple as most toxins have a common structural motif that is ...
Max Goyffon, Jean-Nicolas Tournier
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International Archives of Health Sciences, 2021 Aims: The current study aimed to study the scorpion ecology and fauna of Masjed-Soleyman County, southwestern Iran to manage scorpion sting-related problems during 2016–2017.
Hamid Kassiri, Mansour Yousefi
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Notulae Scientia Biologicae, 2021 Asian forest scorpions belong to the subfamily Heterometrinae and include some of the poorly known scorpion fauna in India in general and Telangana State in particular.
Bagari RAMAKRISHNA +1 more
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Scorpions, Science and Folklore in Durango City
Diversity, 2023 Scorpions are incredible venomous animals found on almost every continent. According to fossil data, these animals have been able to adapt to the different environments from the Cambrian period until today with minimal anatomical changes.
Eduardo Gonzalez-Ponce +7 more
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