Scorpions Are Literally Metal, Study Reveals

One of the more fascinating and fearsome creatures in the world, the scorpion, is even cooler than you might have thought. Research out today confirms these arachnids’ weapons are quite literally laced with metal. Scientists at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and others studied more than a dozen species across the scorpion family tree up close. All of the scorpions had various kinds of metal in their pincers and stingers, albeit in unique, sometimes unexpected configurations.

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