AnimalsDesert
Scorpion Fun facts for kids
Androctonus australis
The scorpion lives in hot deserts in Africa and Asia and eats insects and spiders, at night.
- Where it lives
- in hot deserts in Africa and Asia
- What it eats
- insects and spiders, at night
- How big it is
- about as long as your finger
Fun facts about the scorpion
The ones Sammy likes best. She tells them in the game, too.
A scorpion glows blue and green when you shine special ultraviolet light on it!
Baby scorpions ride around on their mother's back until they shed their skin for the first time.
A scorpion can go for months without eating, because its body uses energy very slowly.
It has tiny combs under its belly that feel the ground and sense the smallest shakes.
Scorpions have been around for more than 400 million years, so they are truly ancient animals.
It has several little eyes but sees poorly, so it mostly finds its way by touch.
To grow bigger, a scorpion wriggles out of its hard shell several times.
A scorpion's tail is really the end of its body, with a curved stinger at the tip.
Riddle
Can a friend guess it?
Read the clues to someone, one at a time, without saying the animal. How many clues do they need? Fewer is better, just like in the game.
I live in hot, sandy deserts and hide under rocks during the day.
I can go for months without eating anything at all.
Under a special light, my body glows blue and green.
My babies ride on my back until they shed their skin for the first time.
I have eight legs, two pincers, and a tail that curls over my back with a stinger.
Sammy might be thinking of a scorpion.
In Thought Zoo, Sammy picks an animal and you ask her yes-or-no questions to find it. You'll find the scorpion in the Desert adventure.
Play the DesertComing to iPad, iPhone and Android on 12 January 2027
