Scorpions have long been of interest to humans
primarily because of their ability to give painful and
sometimes life threatening stings. Scorpions are also an
important and beneficial component of many ecosystems and
they are one of the oldest known terrestrial arthropods.
Fossil scorpions found in Paleozoic strata 430 million years old
appear very similar to present day species.
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Scorpions are venomous arthropods in the class Arachnida,
relatives of spiders, mites, ticks, solpugids,
pseudoscorpions and others. There are currently 1400
recognized species of scorpions worldwide. Scorpions have an
elongated body and a segmented tail that is tipped with a
venomous stinger. They have four pairs of legs and pedipalps
with plier-like pincers on the end, which are used for grasping.
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