Edible Scorpions Tag

02 Aug

Posted at 10:49h in About Insects, Featured, Insects and Humans by
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 It’s long been observed scorpions are fluorescent under ultraviolet light.  This is most observable under black lights, however, scorpions glow dimly under the moonlight as well.  The fluorescence is a result of a chemical reaction which occurs in the hyaline layer of the scorpion’s outermost...

02 Aug

Posted at 08:14h in About Insects, Featured, Insects and Humans by
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Although in the west the thought of consuming a hard-shelled, venomous and sinister looking arachnid is regarded with apparent dismay, in many Asian countries Manchurian scorpions and their kin are readily consumed as a delicacy.  It’s not inherently preposterous to favor the consumption of such...

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