2006-08-23 04:14:30 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
Hmmm, I didn't know they were? I always thought that the king scorpion was the deadliest?
Maybe it is a concentration of venom? Good question!
I looked... Here goes.
"The smaller a Scorpion is, the more potent its venom will be. As Scorpions grow, their venom gets more diluted by the water they pick up throughout the years. Also, the smaller the Scorpion, the more painful the sting it produces, because of its poison potency. A man once compared the sting of a Scorpion with the punch of a full grown man giving it all he had."
That's why... the bigger they get, the more water they carry which dilutes their venom.
2006-08-23 04:22:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is defensive, as some of the other small creatures are more venomous. A saw-scaled viper is more dangerous than a rattlesnake twice its size. The large artic jellyfish is nothing compared to the comb jellyfish of Australia. However with the genus Conus, the medium sized cones are more dangerous than the smaller species and the larger species are the least toxic.
2006-08-23 04:22:50 · answer #2 · answered by Frank 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They need more protection.
2006-08-23 04:19:40 · answer #3 · answered by madbaldscotsman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋