Scorpions are Master Architects: Scientists

Scorpion burrows have a platform on which to warm up before the evening hunt, discover Israeli scientists. The researchers, represented by Dr Amanda Adams (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel), investigated the burrows of wild Large-Clawed Scorpions (iScorpio maurus palmatus/i) in the Negev Desert of Israel. After trapping the scorpions, they prepared replica casts of their burrows by filling them with molten aluminium. Once the casts had solidified, ...