How to keep Scorpions (Weird and Wonderful Pets Episode 7 of 15)

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This film showcases the amazing adaptations of scorpions, vinegaroons and tailless whip scorpions. We discover each of these types of predators catch their prey, and the weapons they use to subjugate their victims. Under ultraviolet light, we see scorpions mysteriously glow, and lastly, we discover the secrets of how all of these amazing creatures may be kept at home. !

The Weird and Wonderful Pets project is about inspiring young minds!

While animal husbandry must always be taken VERY seriously (see Golden Rules video at the link above), many exotic small animals have quite simple culture requirements, and it is easy to provide suitable habitats to meet their needs.

If you can (1) buy pets from ethical sources, (2) provide a suitable environment with correct culture conditions, (3) only obtain the quantity of pets that you can properly take care of and (4) ensure that no pets escape into habitats in which they do not belong, then looking after weird and wonderful pets, and showing their life cycles and natural history stories to the next generation is an incredible way to inspire young minds and help nurture the next generation of naturalists, scientists and conservationists.

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Scorpions make amazing pets. I highly recommend keeping them even if you’re scared of them. You can learn so much.

scorpionaddiction
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There are even scorpions in Italy. I was on my family's farm and went outside one night. It was dark. When I flashed my ultraviolet light on my cellphone on the stone walls, I saw scorpions crawling on the stone walls. They were pretty small. I caught 3 of them with a jar and took them inside to see what they really looked like. They were brown and about 1.5 inches to 2.5 inches long. I looked up the species that I captured. The species was called Euscorpius Italicus. Lol

robbyrob
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Gah, gorgeous. I have a juvenile male Asian forest scorpion (Heterometrus Longimanus) and he's super gentle and has a really interesting personality. Also way more intelligent than I was actually expecting, which I love!

_JS
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I would never hold my scorpion (pictured), she's an aggy little brute and more than willing to sting, good example of how temperaments can vary between individuals, particularly arachnids.

rayblackman
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Great video. ::). I have a baby emperor scorpion. Around 5 weeks young.

EscorpioPS
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Great video and very informative. I have 5 Asian forest scorpions, 2 of which are now carrying young. Just one point. I do wish people would also mention that it's stressful for the scorpion to be handled by humans and not just for the fact they can sting.

drdoolittlefishhobbyist
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The 35 dislikes are from the dead insects relatives harmed in this video

sgartistry
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This is a cool video.. I used to have scorpions as pets about 5 years ago. And, doing so I learned what their poop look like. 2 years after that. (In a different state) in a baby carrier I saw this tiny little white dots that looked soo familiar. It had me thinking for a while until i realized what it was. Yup, it was scorpion poop. So carefully i started to look for it. And never found it. Two days after I saw its poop there it was crawling on the wall. It was that moment when i felt like all that curiosity about them, all the time i spent feeding them had finally paid off. Right now I have one i caught not long ago. Its a Tijuana scorpion. ( I live in Tijuana B.C. Mex. Right now)

omarjaramillo
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Pro tip: if your scorpion has a bunch of mites on it, you can put your scorpion underwater to brush them off. If your scorpion moves a lot and is aggressive you can keep the scorp underwater until it looses consciousness. Now it will be still so you can bathe it. Dont worry its not dead, once you take it out and put it back in the cage it will begin moving again after time. Back from the dead in a way. All scorpions can survive even if they are submerged for up to 2 whole days!! Its just kind of sad and disturbing to watch it squirm underwater.

ReganMcKee
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I just got my first pet Asian black forest scorpion I had to watch this video I'm so happy its a baby too

DM-yjkv
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His voice is so soothing hahaha I love this. Next time I find a scorpion in my house (in Mexico) Im not going to toss him outside. He will be my new and upgraded version of a beta fish hahaha

brookiejai
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Found a hairy desert scorpion in my house today. Next time I'll keep it as y I'm watching this.

potato
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Yeah my mum will not be a fan of this idea lmao
Edit: for some reason I’m fine looking at scorpions and spiders act irl but I cant watch them from behind a screen for some reason

bread
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Oh My goodness so glad I found you I want to yell out Bravo so very well done and so easy to understand. Your very smooth and interesting narrative. Im definitely a new sub thanks so much for taking the time to present this video Bravo one more time.

jimmysjamin
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I have many yellow scorpions . Newly i started raising this

Ahsankhan-etid
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I got my first scawpean recently I have lotsve tarantulas but this is my first snip snap doggo its a Heterometrus spinifer which is a Asian forest kind

SuperLoops
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I have a Australian Scorpion which is small, around an Australian 20c coin size or the Pyramid on an American one dollar bill. He lives in a Terrarium and gets fed every month or two. I just wish I had another so I could watch their insanely interesting breeding ritual. They mate from anywhere between 1 and like 40 hours lol.

reconnaissance
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I have a tutorial as well about rehousing a highly venomous and deadly specie of African spitting scorpion.

scorpionaddiction
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Went to your website. Care sheet is very vague. Some solid information about each type of scorpion would be much appreciated. I have 2 baby deathstalkers and need official information about substrate, depth, temperatures, and humidity, etc.

farfymcdoogle
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Recently started keeping scorpions. I now have 11. I live in Australia so am limited in what scorpions are available as not all native scorpions are available to be kept. Urodacus elongatus is the largest available to keep with males reaching 120mm and females 100mm

ryanboscoe