#scorpions
ARTHROPOCENE, on display in THE END IS NIGH at @lightgreyartgallery until Jan 8, 2022!
In every mass extinction in our planet’s history, there have always been survivors: taxa that, for some reason or another, survived under adverse conditions to eventually repopulate the earth with their descendants. In the midst of the sixth mass extinction, humanity often finds itself asking which animals will emerge on the other side of this one. The top contenders for an apocalyptic scenario are not humans, or even mammals; most of them are not even vertebrates. The survivors will be those that pass unnoticed at best and inspire revulsion at worst: arthropods like cockroaches and scorpions, micro-animals like tardigrades, and perhaps small and highly adaptable vertebrates like mummichogs.
Life will continue after the end of humanity, and not necessarily in a form that people would like to see. But when humankind is no longer around to pass judgment, these creatures will still reign as the survivors of whatever is to come. One day, too, the cockroaches and tardigrades will end, but not for a long time.
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From National Geographic:
Human mamas (and papas) carry their newborns on their back. Scorpions are no different. Newborn scorpions, called scorplings, instinctively know that Mom’s back is a safe space. Scorpions protect their babies from predators by giving them rides under their venomous tail. The young are carried for a week or two, until their exoskeleton hardens, and they can live on their own. (Pictured above, a female Edward’s bark scorpion stands completely covered by her offspring.)
PHOTOGRAPH BY @JOELSARTORE
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Furiosa Aesthetic
Emperor Scorpion (Pandinus imperator)
Remember that she is my pet, keep your rude comments to yourself.
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When I was a kid, about 6 or 7, this was my favorite album to listen to. That’s what happens when your parents are metal heads.
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80’s hand painted leather.
These new friends are based on the white-jawed jumping spider and the Arizona bark scorpion. ️
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Day 13: Scorpion
I see bark scorpions occasionally in the logs of fallen trees! Pretty neat lil friends
Day 14: Thrips
They always find me! lil tiny terror monsters that fall from trees to bite my arms! They’re still pretty cool looking though
From@saturniidays insectober prompt list
Guess who’s gonna see Scorpions tonight ?!
PAGE OF CUPS: THE PLAYLIST
Dreamer. Idealistic. Sensitivity.
1. Young At Heart - Frank Sinatra
2. Beautiful Dreamer - Bing Crosby
3. Sixteen Going On Seventeen - The Sound of Music Soundtrack
4. Ready To Fly - Didrick
5. First Love - The Pirate Movie Soundtrack
6. I’m Sensitive - Jewel
7. Message Of Love - Journey
8. Dream A Little Dream Of Me - Doris Day
9. Young Love - The Judds
10. Dreamer - Axwell Λ Ingrosso
11. Love Letter - Clairy Browne & The Bangin Rackettes
12. Follow You Heart - Scorpions
13. A Message - Coldplay
14. Young Hearts - Bunt. Ft. Beginners
15. Love Letter - Bonnie Raitt
16. Message Of Love - Saliva
17. Dreamer - Ozzy Osbourne
18. Love Story - Taylor Swift
19. Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered - Sarah Vaughan
20. Twitterpated - Bambi Soundtrack
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Collapsing star, not hell. But if you see it… Sometimes your thoughts are much darker, than you can imagine.
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I’ve listened Scorpions - Drifting Sun and Muse - Dead Star.
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A scorpion’s chelicerae in action, tearing apart a feeder to eat.
A few pictures capturing how a scorpion eats. A lot of people don’t realize they have two ‘arms’ that come out of their face and are essentially equipped with smaller pinchers to rip into their prey and drag it into their mouth. In these pictures you can see those two arms (also known as chelicerae) working in conjunction with their pinchers (also known as chela) to eat. Their chela end in two fingers, a moveable finger and a fixed finger. The fixed finger is the one on top, part of their chela. The moveable finger is below, and can open or close via the joint.
The scorpion showed is a male Pandinus imperator, also known as the Emperor scorpion.
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Look at this shiny boy! You know, a lot of people mention Pandinus scorpions (P. imperator/P. dictator) having a blue hue to their exoskeleton and in the proper light you really can see it. Compare the top photo with the bottom photo and I think you too can see the subtle navy-blue tint to his body in the first picture.
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