I know that you might be wondering why scorpion should not be killed but what if I can prove you wrong that in the nearest future, scorpions will be very valuable to humans begin.
In this article, I will give reasons why scorpions should not be killed, but before we continue, let me give you a brief description of scorpions. Scorpions are arthropods, they have eight legs, two pedipalps, and a tail with a venom-injecting barb.
There are over 2,000 different species found on six of the seven continents. They prey on insects, arthropods, and in some cases, small vertebrates.
Because scorpions can live in such harsh environments, they have adapted the ability to slow their metabolism to as little as one-third the rate for most arthropods. This enables some species to use little oxygen and live on a single insect a year.
Even with lowered metabolism, the scorpion has the ability to spring quickly to the hunt when the opportunity presents itself something that many hibernating species are unable to do.
All scorpions possess venomous stings, but in the thousands of scorpions species out there, today, only 25 species of scorpions possess very poisonous venom that can kill humans almost at an instant. The most common scorpions sting or venom doesn’t cause much harm to healthy adults.
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Now let me proceed to the main reason why you shouldn’t kill scorpions.
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Do you know that scorpion venom can be used to treat lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis and even help with heart transplant?, according to the US National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health
Yes, when the venom is being extracted with the right equipment the venom is powerful enough to treat these diseases.
Scientists are even assuming in the nearest future, scorpion venom might be used to cure cancer but for now, it is used in the treatment of cancer to reduce the spread and fatality.
Here’s extra information, The most expensive liquid in the world is scorpion’s venom which goes for a whopping $39 million per gallon, which is equivalent to over 15 billion naira. according to beyondtype1.org
extracting venom from scorpion
Well, this doesn’t mean that when you see a scorpion on your arm or body you should then smile and leave it to continue creeping around you, you know what to do, but you can just leave it alone if you see it comes nowhere around your environment or near your vicinity.
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