Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Bluesky Threads Scorpions’ claws and stingers are fortified with metals like zinc and iron https://www.earth.com/news/scorpions-claws-and-stingers-are-fortified-with-metals-like-zinc-and-iron/
adriano26 on April 30, 2026 12:29 pm “Calcium and manganese often appear together in the stinger. Their overlap suggests they work as a team to improve strength and flexibility. However, not all species follow this pattern. Some show calcium linked with zinc instead. This means there is no single formula. Each species has its own design, and scientists still do not fully understand what drives those differences.”
Grandmas_Fat_Choad on April 30, 2026 1:41 pm Aww shit, don’t tell the govt. they’ll kill them all for the minerals.
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“Calcium and manganese often appear together in the stinger. Their overlap suggests they work as a team to improve strength and flexibility.
However, not all species follow this pattern. Some show calcium linked with zinc instead. This means there is no single formula.
Each species has its own design, and scientists still do not fully understand what drives those differences.”
Scorpions are metal!
(And I always upvote science)
So like cum then
Aww shit, don’t tell the govt. they’ll kill them all for the minerals.