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[-] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 71 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

> Other scorpions

Tailless whip scorpions (aka whip-spiders) are not scorpions (order Scorpiones). They're order Amblypygi, more closely related to spiders (Aranae) than to scorpions.

[-] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 39 points 1 week ago

I know this, and you know this, but MEME

[-] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 week ago

also they bite like motherfuckers

[-] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 10 points 1 week ago

I think you are thinking of Vinegaroons - they spray you with acetic acid. AFAIK, amblypigids skewer their prey on arm spikes

[-] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 12 points 1 week ago

*quick series of searches*

wait you're right. I don't think I was thinking of either of these. a childhood friend had various bugs as pets and would point out which ones liked to chomp. I may be lost now without his teaching

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

is it like good vinegar or does it taste like bugs

[-] PunnyName@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago
[-] icelimit@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago
[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Doesn't pygi mean butt in science Greek? And ambly means walk. Do they walk on their butts?

[-] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

You're close. It means blunt tail. You might be thinking of the Latin ambulo which means to walk. I do want to see what a tail-walker looks like now, though.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

no i reject your reality and substitute my own it is funnier

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