How to keep Scorpions (Weird and Wonderful Pets Episode 7 of 15)
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This film showcases the amazing adaptations of scorpions, vinegaroons and tailless whip scorpions. We discover each of these types of predators catch their prey, and the weapons they use to subjugate their victims. Under ultraviolet light, we see scorpions mysteriously glow, and lastly, we discover the secrets of how all of these amazing creatures may be kept at home. !
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Scorpions make amazing pets. I highly recommend keeping them even if you’re scared of them. You can learn so much.
Cheese Grater yes, keep them like fish. Do not handle them and only do so whenever necessary.
Cheese Grater
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I have one
I found another one near a park but didn’t want to keep it
Because I didn’t know much know I regret doing that
Gah, gorgeous. I have a juvenile male Asian forest scorpion (Heterometrus Longimanus) and he's super gentle and has a really interesting personality. Also way more intelligent than I was actually expecting, which I love!
Interesting! Any examples as to how its intelligence exceeded your expectations or surprised you?
I would never hold my scorpion (pictured), she's an aggy little brute and more than willing to sting, good example of how temperaments can vary between individuals, particularly arachnids.
mc lovin i have an obt tarantula which is notorious for being agressive but mine seems to be super mellow. Still would never consider handling but its nice that i an look at him without him getting into the defensive posture
I had an emperor scorpion that was a savage. Totally opposite of their description in pet books. I still loved him and just dealt with his attitude.
There are even scorpions in Italy. I was on my family's farm and went outside one night. It was dark. When I flashed my ultraviolet light on my cellphone on the stone walls, I saw scorpions crawling on the stone walls. They were pretty small. I caught 3 of them with a jar and took them inside to see what they really looked like. They were brown and about 1.5 inches to 2.5 inches long. I looked up the species that I captured. The species was called Euscorpius Italicus. Lol
Big Rob how do you have ultraviolet light on your phone...
@@jesusjesus2577 that's what I wanna know 😂
@@MrMagikMonMaybe it’s not even uv. Maybe it’s one of those flash color change thingy
@@gliderman9302 but it worked so it would have to be uv
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The 35 dislikes are from the dead insects relatives harmed in this video
Pro tip: if your scorpion has a bunch of mites on it, you can put your scorpion underwater to brush them off. If your scorpion moves a lot and is aggressive you can keep the scorp underwater until it looses consciousness. Now it will be still so you can bathe it. Dont worry its not dead, once you take it out and put it back in the cage it will begin moving again after time. Back from the dead in a way. All scorpions can survive even if they are submerged for up to 2 whole days!! Its just kind of sad and disturbing to watch it squirm underwater.
Woah this is the first time I heard this, it probably thinks it’s being sabotaged until natural instincts kicks in.
I thought it was 6 days?
Any amount of days is insane
Is this all scorpions?
Yeah my mum will not be a fan of this idea lmao
Edit: for some reason I’m fine looking at scorpions and spiders act irl but I cant watch them from behind a screen for some reason
Great content. Subscribed
Great video. ::). I have a baby emperor scorpion. Around 5 weeks young.
Emperor scorpions are known in the trade as the pet rock.
Aww
san poba nkkabili ng scorpion 🥺
Great video and very informative. I have 5 Asian forest scorpions, 2 of which are now carrying young. Just one point. I do wish people would also mention that it's stressful for the scorpion to be handled by humans and not just for the fact they can sting.
I live in Thailand and have big black Thai which I have found in the forest. It enjoys crickets and worms every other day but I am still not sure whether I should keep it in the dark all the time or follow the normal cycle of night and day. He has a nice shelter to hide under.
@Hunter Bergman Thanks for your reply :)
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I just got my first pet Asian black forest scorpion I had to watch this video I'm so happy its a baby too
Oh My goodness so glad I found you I want to yell out Bravo so very well done and so easy to understand. Your very smooth and interesting narrative. Im definitely a new sub thanks so much for taking the time to present this video Bravo one more time.
His voice is great
His voice is so soothing hahaha I love this. Next time I find a scorpion in my house (in Mexico) Im not going to toss him outside. He will be my new and upgraded version of a beta fish hahaha
Found a hairy desert scorpion in my house today. Next time I'll keep it as y I'm watching this.
5:02 they use music from Max Payne 2 lol
This is a cool video.. I used to have scorpions as pets about 5 years ago. And, doing so I learned what their poop look like. 2 years after that. (In a different state) in a baby carrier I saw this tiny little white dots that looked soo familiar. It had me thinking for a while until i realized what it was. Yup, it was scorpion poop. So carefully i started to look for it. And never found it. Two days after I saw its poop there it was crawling on the wall. It was that moment when i felt like all that curiosity about them, all the time i spent feeding them had finally paid off. Right now I have one i caught not long ago. Its a Tijuana scorpion. ( I live in Tijuana B.C. Mex. Right now)
I have many yellow scorpions . Newly i started raising this
Informative video.
I love scorpions I HAVE 3!
for the hottentotta jayakari, What materials should I use for the bottom of the box?
Vinegaroons!
i love scorpions i have a baby asian forest scorpion (heterometrus laoticus) he/she is adorable
I have a Australian Scorpion which is small, around an Australian 20c coin size or the Pyramid on an American one dollar bill. He lives in a Terrarium and gets fed every month or two. I just wish I had another so I could watch their insanely interesting breeding ritual. They mate from anywhere between 1 and like 40 hours lol.
I have a tutorial as well about rehousing a highly venomous and deadly specie of African spitting scorpion.
The best beginners are the emperors and the Hadogenes spp.
My house is infested with em I get stung three times a month as they fall out of my ceiling fan on me as I sleep
I got my first scawpean recently I have lotsve tarantulas but this is my first snip snap doggo its a Heterometrus spinifer which is a Asian forest kind
Hell yeah! I have a heterometrus spinifer as well. Shes a cool scorpy
Super Loops scawpean lol
Lmaoo snip snap doggo I like it
Had one when I was 9
Loved the little fella
Shame that he/she died since it starved itself(don’t even know why)
Went to your website. Care sheet is very vague. Some solid information about each type of scorpion would be much appreciated. I have 2 baby deathstalkers and need official information about substrate, depth, temperatures, and humidity, etc.
Recently started keeping scorpions. I now have 11. I live in Australia so am limited in what scorpions are available as not all native scorpions are available to be kept. Urodacus elongatus is the largest available to keep with males reaching 120mm and females 100mm
Do you want more scorpions, we're from Namibia and able to supply you with scorpions.
My house is around 69-72 degrees. My scorpion habitat houses an asian Forrest scorpion. I am currently using both a heat Matt and a heat lamp setting the temperature to 80-95 degrees but I am rethinking keeping the heat lamp on, am I right in thinking this-what should I do?
"Don't fuck with a scorpion, unless you're prepared to get stung."
Rico Rodriguez.
I got stung twice, I hate them and love them at the same time. I have one right now. Im not exactly sure what kind of scorpion it is. All i know is that he's mexican. (Its a male). Since i caught it in Tijuana. Oh, and by the way, being stung hurts like a biatch. It attacks the nervous system which makes it difficult to walk. The only thing i thought was cool about it was that i looked like a zombie. I had videos of it but lost them. In a weird way I cant wait till i get stung again. (But not on purpose of course, if that was the case, i would've done it by now).
I found one in my house and I’m here now
Dayyton same!!! Even though he was defensive. Very understandable. I didn’t see him in the bathroom while I was getting ready.
This guy looks so creepy but he s at the same time extremely likable.
I got stung by a scorpion once when I was younger hurt like hell don’t know which species it was but I know it was a desert one. But I still want to have one of them as a pet i already got a vinegaroon as a pet.
Andres interesting. How many crickets or roaches do you feed it per week? I'd love to get one of those.
I want o see this dude play a vampire in a video game or a movie 🍿
How do I clean the cage, like how do I get him out
Vinegaroon is the Scariest Creatures Family 👻.
You don't need a heat pad and you can hold them. Just like tarantulas, they aren't reptiles, so this isn't necessary. It actually stresses them out. Other than that great video!
I feed my baby and juvenile scorpions immobilized/dead large crickets. They eat every last bit of it all and I don't have too worry about the prey item biting the scorpions to their size. My adult scorpions are all fed live crickets though.
How many times a day you feed your scorpion
@@staypostive3412 probably cricket once a week depending on size and species. Desert Hairy for example will eat and eat and get fat if you let them. You could get away with 2 large crickets at a time once a week for larger scorpions. If they aren't hungry, they just won't eat them and remove the crickets if they die. It's trial and error. Some of kine eat better than others.
I have found a scorpion outside.I keep it but how to feed.I don't no
I have a scorpion that looks like a death stalker but isn't, so idk what it is. His name is Sunny.
where do you buy crickets and worms and shit from ? im from australia and im so interested in getting a emperor scorpion. gota do alot of research before i buy obvs.
I heard you can get pet fennec foxes in Australia is that true?
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We're from Namibia, we can supply you with a lot of crickets.
I’m unsure if this is mentioned in the video, but is there possibility that you are allergic to a Scorpion sting?
I really want a scorpion, but I want to know the risks.
Like any toxin, it is possible to be allergic to a scorpion.
I keep a dangerous scorpion, and I never handle it unless it's the only thing possible.
I Have 2 Full Grown Heterometrus Spinifer(Asain Forest Scorpions) One Is Named Pumpernickel And The Other One Is Named Slickback. Anyone Know How To Tell The Gender Of These Beauties?
Love scorpions but damnn i hate whip scorpions 🤣😂
How can l get someone who will buy the scorpion venom
how to raise a scorpion, wat if they bite me. pls guide
Research the type of scorpion you want to get and bug some feeding tongs off of Amazon. As long as you keep your hands out if the way you'll be good.
Because scorpions are spiders, they have 4 sets of legs...+ the pair of claws?
Crabs are crustaceans and they have 5 sets of legs including the claws...
Closer examination shows that the scorpion's claws are extended mouth parts.
A crab's claws are not mouth parts, they are true legs.
Larkinchance Scorpions are not spiders, they are a completely different kind of arachnid
what were you smoking when you typed this cause i want it
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Scorpion venom have my stock
Where’s the pseudoscorpions
0:03 so basically keep them away from chameleons
Actually i have a veiled chameleon and a asian forest scorpion in the same enclosure for about 8months now.
Ofc chameleon are Arboreal and scorps are terrestrial so they dont meet much as its an 30inch tall tank.but i dont reccomend keeping them together as Asian Scorps are aggressive i just got lucky
What is the cost of scorpion 50ml venom
NIKHIL HIREMATH do you have 50ml of scorpion venom?
If u need, I can collect.. & give u... But what's the cost.. (if any legal process?)
That I’m really not sure about. You’d have to contact the medical institution that are currently farming scorpion venom. They use a very specific process, and you would need a lot of scorpions to get that much venom.
I heard that one gram costs 10 000$.
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Amblypigids & vinegaroons are not scorpions,they are scorpion ancestors
Just caught one in my kitchen my girl told me to kill it but he maybe she is my child now
i hate seeing scorpions in those critter keepers. they deserve better, no place to explore and no stimulation. i keep mine in a 55g vivarium. i even have baby med geckos in there that they occationally catch. plenty of space for each one to have its own territory.
Substrate isn’t nearly deep enough either. They want to burrow. Enclosures are lacking enrichment big time.
Tailless whip scorpions aren’t scorpions
i wish my parents would let me get scorpion :( like it's my zodiac sign and i know how to take care of one
Same on everything you said.
Can they eat New York roaches
I have deathstalkar scorpion I want to sale any buyer??
Guven Kaya do you still have it
Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee I live 1301 east twenty eighth street
Bena Hunter yes
I just want to point out, this care is not suitable for Australian scorpions at all, do not follow this advice if you live in Australia!
Mark Newton, who literally wrote the book on Australian Scorpions has a channel where you'll find appropriate care advice.
youtube.com/@theNEWTful
Leave them alone is how you "keep" . it is wrong to keep them unless captive breeding program to save the species
Some false information
I had a pet death stalker, I didn't knew it was very deadly died because I squeezed it and now I'm keeping a emperor.
Shishilan Pasalan .... what? You squeezed it? Omg
How to keep Scorpions? more like how to not give you any really details on how to keep anything but how to inform about species!
Omg a lot of bullshit..
I had a pet vinegaroon a couple of decades ago. I loved that little guy! His name was Bob. They are wonderful pets. I need to get myself another sometime soon.
@47 E.B.O -- I did! I got Bob Jr., a juvenile vinegaroon in January. :)
I bet it’s a homosexual scorpion
@@widowkeeper4739 I hope Bob Jr. Is still doing well!!
@@demetriuspowell29 fuck is bro saying