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2 Feeding behaviour

4 Scorpions have two eyes on top and two to five lateral eyes along each side of their cephalothorax but they cannot see well and can only distinguish between light and dark and sense ______

6 The process animals use to get energy from food

8 When food is ______, scorpions can slow down their metabolism so much so that they are able to live off just one insect per year

9 The scorpion is _______ often hiding during the day under rocks and in holes in the ground before emerging at night to feed

10 Scorpions are most commonly found in ______ and hot dry lands and grasslands

12 Scorpions are found on every landmass except in ______

15 Scorpion moms carry their babies on their back until the first ______ 16 Scorpions are older than ______

18 If the scorpion has a thick tail and small pincers-it is ______

21 Scorpions practice viviparity and give birth to ______ young

22 The cephalothorax is the fusion between the _____ and thorax

24 Parabuthus is the only scorpion found in South Africa that is really______ 25 Scorpions typically eat ______, some eat spiders, lizards and small rodents

26 The poisonous tip of a scorpion tail 27 Scorpions moult about ______ times before they reach adult size

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1 Scorpions have a thin ______ tail that curves over their backs

3 Scorpions have an ______, or a hard shell, on the outside of their bodies

5 Scorpions can ______ when placed under an ultraviolet light

7 Spiders and scorpions belong to which class of animals

8 The 6 most common scorpions found in ______ Africa are thick-tails, lesser thick-tails, pygmy thick-tails , burrowing scorpions and rock scorpions 11 Number of legs

13 Animals with 2 pincers and a tail with a sting

14 Scorpions have a long ______ and can live for up to 10 years in the wild and 25 years in captivity

17 Common ______ of scorpions are birds (such as owl) and baboons

19 Prey that is caught is mashed up and bathed in ______ that dissolve the prey's insides

20 Baby scorpion

23 A ______ is the part of an arthropod that enables it to carry loads, to defend against other creatures, or to attack prey