ArticleThe journal of venomous animals and toxins including tropical diseases2022
Pinching or stinging? Comparing prey capture among scorpions with contrasting morphologies.
Article in The journal of venomous animals and toxins including tropical diseases, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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Abstract
Background: Scorpions can use their pincers and/or stingers to subdue and immobilize their prey. A scorpion can thus choose between strategies involving force or venom, or both, depending on what is required to subdue its prey. Scorpions vary greatly in the size and strength of their pincers, and in the efficacy of their venom. Whether this variability is driven by their defensive or prey incapacitation functionis unknown. In this study, we test if scorpion species with different pincer morphologies and venom efficacies use these weapons differently during prey subjugation. To that end, we observed Methods: The scorpion pinch force was measured, and behavioral experiments were performed with hard and soft prey ( Results: We found that scorpions with large pincers such as Conclusions: Our results show that scorpionspecies with massive pincers and high pinch force as
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