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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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Applying Ensemble Ecological Niche Modeling to Identify High Risk Areas for Scorpions' Sting [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionScorpion stings are a global health problem, potentially impacting thousands, especially across northern Africa and the Middle East. However, scorpions are comparatively understudied compared to other venomous animals, and little is known about their ...
Anooshe Kafash +5 more
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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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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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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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Scientific Reports, 2023 Spiders are among the animals evoking the highest fear and disgust and such a complex response might have been formed throughout human evolution.
E. Landová +7 more
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Do Spiders Ride on the Fear of Scorpions? A Cross-Cultural Eye Tracking Study
Animals, 2022 Deep fear of spiders is common in many countries, yet its origin remains unexplained. In this study, we tested a hypothesis based on recent studies suggesting that fear of spiders might stem from a generalized fear of chelicerates or fear of scorpions ...
Veronika Rudolfová +10 more
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Therapeutic Potential of Bee and Scorpion Venom Phospholipase A2 (PLA2): A Narrative Review [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2022 Venomous arthropods such as scorpions and bees form one of the important groups with an essential role in medical entomology. Their venom possesses a mixture of diverse compounds, such as peptides, some of which have toxic effects, and enzymatic peptide ...
Parisa Soltan-Alinejad +3 more
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Isolation and characterization of bacterial community in the gut of the Androctonus crassicuda, Hottentota schach and Mesobuthus epeus scorpions [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics, 2019 Scorpions (order: Scorpiones) are widely distributed predatory arachnids and highly resistant to environmental conditions. Some factors such as microorganisms of internal cavity of scorpions may affect their biology. In addition, microbial communities of
Hedieh Jafari +4 more
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Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases, 2019 Background: Scorpions pose one of the most important public health and medical problems in tropical and subtropical regions of the world, especially in developing countries.
Faranak Firoozfar +7 more
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