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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 found in other venoms from primitive species.
Jean-Nicolas Tournier
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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, Sofia Rodríguez-Rangel, Raymundo Martinez, Adrian Alvarado, Estela Ruiz-Baca, Pablo Miranda, Jorge E. Sánchez-Rodríguez, Angelica Lopez-Rodriguez   +7 more
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Venom Costs and Optimization in Scorpions [PDF]

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, Tobin D. Northfield, Tobin D. Northfield, Norelle L. Daly, David T. Wilson   +4 more
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Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida Scorpiones) Part XXVIII Scorpions of Djibouti

, 2022
Kovařík, František, Lowe, Graeme (2022): Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida Scorpiones) Part XXVIII Scorpions of Djibouti.
Kovařík, František, Lowe, Graeme
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Target-Specificity in Scorpions; Comparing Lethality of Scorpion Venoms across Arthropods and Vertebrates

Toxins, 2017
Scorpions use their venom in defensive situations as well as for subduing prey. Since some species of scorpion use their venom more in defensive situations than others, this may have led to selection for differences in effectiveness in defensive ...
Tom van der Valk, Arie van der Meijden, Bjørn Erik Vind Koch   +2 more
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Scaling distribution in scorpions [PDF]

Arthropods, 2013
Scorpions being solitary animals are interesting in their distribution patterns. Nevertheless, the subject of scorpion distribution has received relatively less attention than other ecological aspects of that group.
Michael R. Warburg
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Bioactivity of Natural and Engineered Antimicrobial Peptides from Venom of the Scorpions Urodacus yaschenkoi and U. manicatus

Toxins, 2017
The spread of multidrug-resistant human pathogens has drawn attention towards antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), which are major players in the innate immune systems of many organisms, including vertebrates, invertebrates, plants and microbes. Scorpion venom
Mohammad Rahnamaeian, Miray Tonk-Rügen, Andreas Vilčinskas   +2 more
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Ecology and species composition of scorpions (Arachnida, Scorpiones) in Masjed-Soleyman County, Southwestern Iran

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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Diversity and distribution of Asian forest scorpions (Arthropoda, Scorpionidae, Heterometrinae) in Telangana State, India

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, Chelmala SRINIVASULU   +1 more
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Scorpions

, 2011
6 pp.Originally published: 2001Scorpions have long been of interest to humans primarily because of their ability to give painful and sometimes life threatening stings.
Gouge, Dawn, Olson, Carl
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