80 likes | 199 Vues
Discover the intriguing habitats where scorpions thrive, including Brazilian forests, British Columbia, North Carolina, and even the Himalayas. Learn about their diet, where larger scorpions prey on smaller lizards, snakes, and mice, often obtaining water from their food or nearby streams. Scorpions find shelter in plains, savannahs, and caves, often hiding under rocks and logs. Despite facing various threats from rodents and reptiles, they have unique adaptations for survival. Explore these fascinating creatures and their ecological roles.
E N D
ScorpionHabitat • Brazilion forests, British Columbia, North Carolina, and even the Himalayas
Food • Larger scorpions may feed on vertebraters, such as smaller lizards, snakes, and mice if they are able to subdue them
Water • Sometimes they don’t drink, they get water from food. • If they live in grasslands, forests, or caves they get their water from streams and pools
Shelter • Scorpions live in plains, savannahs, deciduous forests, mountainous pine forests, rain forests, and caves • Hide under rocks, logs, and cracks
Threats • Mice, rats, snakes, and lizards • They will eat each other
Fun Facts • Size of a tea cup • 8 legs like spiders
Resources • UStoday.com • Desertusa.com • Scorpionworld.com • http://seasonedfork.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/brazil-rainforest.jpg • http://www.michherp.org/kirtlandsnake.jpg • http://www.freefoto.com/images/9907/05/9907_05_15---Stream_web.jpg