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Scientists in Colombia have discovered a new species of scorpion, Tityus achilles, which can spray venom to defend itself from a distance. This mechanism, previously only seen in African and North ...

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Scientists in Colombia have discovered a new species of scorpion, Tityus achilles, which can spray venom to defend itself from a distance. This mechanism, previously only seen in African and North ...

T. achilles appears to use its venom spray as a defense mechanism against predators. | Credit: Léo Laborieux/Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2024 Laborieux tested the ability of T.

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