Cleaning behaviors in four scorpion species
Scorpions rely predominantly on mechanosensory and chemosensory organs to guide their orientation behaviors. Once sensory organs are affected by the presence of dirt such as clay or prey bodily fluid, scorpions may display a cleaning behavior to reduce or eliminate its influence on their sensory cap...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:e08ee0a114164aac8e71b1e8a3fa00a3 2023-05-15T15:03:19+02:00 Cleaning behaviors in four scorpion species GB Jiao MS Zhu 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-91992010000200017 https://doaj.org/article/e08ee0a114164aac8e71b1e8a3fa00a3 EN eng SciELO http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992010000200017 https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9199 doi:10.1590/S1678-91992010000200017 1678-9199 https://doaj.org/article/e08ee0a114164aac8e71b1e8a3fa00a3 Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, Vol 16, Iss 2, Pp 375-381 (2010) scorpion cleaning behavior cleaning means prey capture daily activity Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Toxicology. Poisons RA1190-1270 Zoology QL1-991 article 2010 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-91992010000200017 2022-12-31T05:40:14Z Scorpions rely predominantly on mechanosensory and chemosensory organs to guide their orientation behaviors. Once sensory organs are affected by the presence of dirt such as clay or prey bodily fluid, scorpions may display a cleaning behavior to reduce or eliminate its influence on their sensory capabilities. In the laboratory, cleaning behaviors of two buthid species, Mesobuthus eupeus (Koch, 1839) and Mesobuthus caucasicus (Nordmann, 1840), and one euscorpiid species, Scorpiops luridus Zhu Lourenço & Qi, 2005 from China, were observed before and after feeding. Moreover, two distinct cleaning behaviors in Scorpiops luridus and three in Heterometrus petersii (Thorell, 1876) (Scorpionidae) were noted for several times during daily activities. Based on these observations, we were able to conclude that different tools and the same tool with diverse applications are used for cleaning the same object in numerous scorpion species. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases 16 2 375 381 |
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Scorpions rely predominantly on mechanosensory and chemosensory organs to guide their orientation behaviors. Once sensory organs are affected by the presence of dirt such as clay or prey bodily fluid, scorpions may display a cleaning behavior to reduce or eliminate its influence on their sensory capabilities. In the laboratory, cleaning behaviors of two buthid species, Mesobuthus eupeus (Koch, 1839) and Mesobuthus caucasicus (Nordmann, 1840), and one euscorpiid species, Scorpiops luridus Zhu Lourenço & Qi, 2005 from China, were observed before and after feeding. Moreover, two distinct cleaning behaviors in Scorpiops luridus and three in Heterometrus petersii (Thorell, 1876) (Scorpionidae) were noted for several times during daily activities. Based on these observations, we were able to conclude that different tools and the same tool with diverse applications are used for cleaning the same object in numerous scorpion species. |
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