little but mortal

The animal that i'm going to tell you about is so little but it can be lethal. This animal is the scorpion. I find to this animal so interesting because when I was a kid, one of this peak me with it sting and when I go to the hospital, anyone could know what to do with me.

There are different kind of scorpion around the world in all kind of areas as desert, forest, etc. The most dangerous lives in the desert, this kind of scorpion has a poison so strong but is so little. Someone can thinks "bigger is more dangerous", but in this animal is so different, the bigger scorpion are harmless, they have a weak poison in their stings.

The scorpions eats arthropods like spiders, centipedes and they are hunted by birds, especially owls, lizards, snakes and mammals. They have a poison mortal for their dams but is not common a scorpion mortal for a human. 

They go to hunt mainly in the night, close of their caves. They use their tongs but if this is not enough, they use their stings with poison to kill their dams. The scorpions do not have teeth, they only use their muscles of the mouth to pull the feed to their stomach.

Actually, the scientists are doing research about the poison. This substance can be used to cure some kinds of cancer, but it is not sure yet.