Emperor Scorpion, The Best Pet Invertebrate?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2020
- Scorpions are incredibly cool. The emperor scorpion (Pandinus imperator) is not only one of the largest scorpions, but also one of the most common pet scorpions. But is it a good pet scorpion? And is it the best pet invertebrate for you?
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I'm glad to have stumbled across your channel, I love your videos and the fact that you're completely honest when it comes to these animals, you state the misconceptions, the care required and that you need to be careful with certain species. Keep up the great work Clint
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@@VilleAbr Very good job Clint! I agree!
Yeah I agree. He also cracks me up , very entertaining
This is why i subscribe to him because i want to have one a pet :>
I like emperor scorpion
Scorpions: Hold your prey down with special limbs by your mouth, and envenomate them with something that comes out your rear end.
Spiders: Got it. Hold your prey down with something that comes out your rear end, and envenomate them with special limbs near your mouth.
*Bold of you to assume it wasn't the other way around.*
@@bigsam8597 😳
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Underrated comment. 😎🤙
Lmao never thought of it that way... 😂🤣😂
Emperor scorpion was my first pet i owned. he was so chill if i put my hand in his cage he would just climb on and hang out with me all day by staying on my shoulder. he escaped one day only for me to wake up with him sleeping on my pillow with me. he was a very sweet scorpion compared to others ive owned. I miss him more then any of my other small(insect) pet that i owned
Nearly everything you described as “endearing” would probably give me a heart attack.
@@MisterCaution right? It's metal af but both losing him AND finding him on your pillow next to you is crazy af
dang lol you had a good boy didnt you
I think alot of emperor scorpions are like that
I’ve always been terrified of scorpions but that comment just hurts my heart.
In a good way.
The Emperor Scorpion:
The scorpion that is the most terrifying to those who don't know much about scorpions
Yet the one that people who know scorpions are least afraid of
Very true
It is so true thwy are one of the most chilled ones u can keep
@@GayleenFroese That would be a bad time to realize that you actually bought an Asian Forest Scorpion
Clint's Reptiles Hey Clint!! Sorry for the unrelated reply but the links you usually use for Amazon aren’t there this video. Is that a mistake?
True story! I’ve always heard, “The bigger the claws, the smaller the sting...”. I didn’t think much of it until I lived in AZ. I was stung by a bark scorpion on two separate occasions. The first wasn’t bad, like a minor bee sting. The second...I thought I was dying. I don’t know why it happened that way, though...
I'm so glad scorpions exist
I feel like if they didn't there would be a fantasy creature that looks just like them and we'd all wish they really existed
That's a good way to describe alot of invertebrates.
I love the little jumping spiders. Have one living in my office now.
They already invented manticores, which are bad enough.
My day is made the second I hear Clint’s “ Oh hi there”
That's stinking rad!
He's the invertebrate uncle I always wished I'd had.
He says “well hi there”
*well* hi there
It’s the “stinkin’ rad” that stole my heart😂
My first scorpion was an emperor named Risk. He was my first exotic and the reason I became obsessed with scorpions. I loved him, he had such a personality. He died last year, sadly, but he is still with me. I casted him in resin and now he is a reminded of what started it all with my love and hobby with scorpions and others like reptiles.
Aw thats awesome!
What a sweet story. Thank you for sharing!
What a cool name
My first were two pairs of black laos scorpions (heterometrus laoticus). Awesome pets indeed
hhhk20
To me he had personality. He would do things like push around tank objects or choose to climb up on his hide and not be inside it.
Your energy is incredible, dude. Always an informative and entertaining time!
Thanks for the video
Damn, It's actually the real kruggsmash.
Big fan of both of you guys!
I would have NEVER thought to see you here. This is amazing.
Clint's craftsmanship is of the highest quality. His channel is encrusted with quirky pets and 5 categories.
@@yusufmokhtar6781 I actually had an emperor scorpion for quite a few years! They're great pets. Mine's name was Butterbean.
Cool
So about 20 years ago I purchased a "emperor scorpion " from the pet shop, and it was super aggressive. He struck anything that came near him with his tail. I never could handle him. He was also black and shiny like the forest scorpion. I think a long standing mystery has been solved. Thanks for the video
I swear I've read the title as "Emperor Palpatine, the best pet invertebrate?" and I lost my mind
Be careful. They like to say that they are the Senate and try to tell you the tragedy of Darth Plagieus the Wise.
Ironic
Emperor Palpatine, the best Sith Lord?
The durability with the sheev is pretty high he just wont die just dont let him use his force lightning on a light saber
I legit named my first emperor scorp Palpatine because it's so fitting.
I never found scorpions aesthetically pleasing until your macro shots of their face. Their front eyes are so dumb looking and cute
Which ones? Most have like 8 eyes. The two big ones on the top are for looking upward.
They have (usually) 3 on each side of their “face”. Which is what they use to see in front of them.
Even with all these eyes, their eyesight sucks. They can only really disguising between shadows and light. They rely on their sensitive hairs to feel what’s around them.
I thought I just wanted a vinegaroon and a tailless whip scorpion but this video convinced me I'll also have to get a "regular" scorpion at some point 😂
All rad!
'Groons are great for 4 months per year. The other 8 months they're pet holes, or at least M. giganteus are. I'd never give up my Vincent though, I think she's the best pet invert that I've ever had.
@@Lykoloo I don't mind that, I have a pacman frog so I already have a "pet rock". I really just need more space but these tiny UK houses...
Same mindset here!! I really want a tailless whip scorpion but for now I might have to start with a “regular” one 😂
As a former owner of an emperor scorpion, I concur. I used my scorpion for educational purposes at a children's program and she was such a patient animal to sit for hours as little fingers touched her under supervision. At home I let her free roam occasionally and she'd run to me and lean into me and chill for hours as we watched TV.
That's so cool! 😃
This is why I wish that emperor scorpions were still readily available around my area
Clint I am loving all the invertebrate videos! I've kept tarantulas for about a decade. Since coming across your videos, I've ended up with a widow, wolf spider, and a whole bunch of jumping spiders! Keep up the awesome work!
That's the danger :)
@@ClintsReptiles "Watch this channel and have your house overrun by spiders"?
@@TheOpalHammer My house is already overrun by spiders, so I may as well keep some of them as friends.
@@ledumpsterfire6474 Befriend the largest ones to keep the rest in line.
@@TheOpalHammer Just moved back to Montana after a year and a half in rural Florida, so my definition of "big" has radically changed. I've gone from having to take them outside in literal mixing bowls back down to using a half pint jar again lol. I'll never forget having a huntsman in our shower whose legspan was larger than my also relatively large hand.
in the middle of the night a figure appears at the foot of your bed...
"Well HI there!"
Im loving the casual flex of the variegated monstera in the background
Edit: just reached the end where he calls it out 😂
Right! That plant is probably close to $1000 at the size it is! So beautiful ❤️
What, I have one in my backyard and I have to trim it because it doesn't stop growing
I have 2 asian forest scorpions and they really are sassy 😂 they even sometimes hiss at you 😳😬 but they're very fun to watch and take care of!
Lmao I recently got an Asian Forest a month ago and was so shook when i found out they could do that 😅
Going somewhere today to look at scorpions, I love them!!
@@Crmsn-qk2io they're such interesting little monsters 😂
@@piglord2819 aww I'm trying to get one
THANK YOU CLINT!!!! I've played with the idea of getting a scorpion and I no realize every single "Emperor Scorpion" I've ever seen was an Asian Forrest Scorpion. I still might get a Scorpion someday, but not for a little while.
Your Asian Forrest vs Emperor Scorpion comparison made it crystal clear,
@@SpaceTrades I have joined Thanks
Me (a plant person): spends the whole video staring at the variegated monstera
Plants are awesome
Youre made of plants?
Pleasing appearance, some monsterism.
I love how offended/surprised the scorpions look when feeding them lol, then they carry the food in their mouths like cute lil puppy dogs. Adorable lil creatures
I saw your comment on antscanada's video. AND PLEAAASEEEE DO AN ANT VIDEO!!! I WOULD LOOOVEEEE THAT! I also hope Mikey says yes :) good luck!
Seconded, good luck with your master plan! 😉
Thirded!
Love AC! Got my bf sucked into his channel, and this one too lol
Oh please
I love the whole Clint’s Reptiles family, and will appreciate each and every upload. As somebody currently undergoing my biology major, these videos keep me actively interested, and excited for what the future holds. Thank you Clint, and the rest of the gang; you guys help me so much when it comes to college burnout, and just overall motivation. You guys are truly, stinkin’ rad!
I was not interested in watching a scorpion video, but here I am. Very enjoyable watch, Thank you to Clint and the whole team.
I have been working in the pest control business for over five years and, though it might seem contradictory given my profession, I have developed a huge fascination and admiration for insects. Scorpions especially. I have been giving a lot of thought to possibly buying and caring for my own pet scorpion, but had no idea where to even start. Thankfully, I just happened to randomly stumble upon this video and it was exactly what I needed to see. Thanks for the advice and visual points. Now, all I have to do is clear this with the wife 😬
Good luck Chuck
@@bobby6849 cleared it with the wife, located a nearby pet shop, and purchased an emperor the very same day 🤘🏻
@@CSLow_ nice! No such luck for me, but I got a red apple crab instead
@@bobby6849 It's something.
This is like the best episode
I know right I don't keep them and see Will not for a long time but they look so cool
Mate them are the best scorpions to keep for sure
@@JPsPetNation definitely since they are not aggressive
@@herpdiversity9152 plus they're not as venomous as other scorpions. Scorpions have actually adapted to their hunting style, and what I mean by that is some scorpions use their tail to hunt and others use their claws to crush their prey alive whilst they eat it. The ones that crush their prey have a weaker venom in their stings as it's meant to paralyze, not kill. You can tell the difference from the claw size, larger claws mean it is a less venomous scorpion but it's pinchers will hurt a heck of a lot more.
@@nauticalgaming2256 exactly also because they are not as fragile as the smaller species
I believe I need to thank you. My wife hate watching you. She says every time she does, she wants to get another pet. She was terrified of tarantulas, scorpions, and everything else on your channel haha. Yet when she sees your presentations, she is like, I could get a spider or a scorpion. She even wants a Gus Gus of her own. So from the bottom of my heart thank you, and thank you for helping me be a better pet owner.
Had many emperor scorpions(And scorpions in general) in the past as a teen/early 20s. Life went on, kind of got interested in other things in my 20s. I'm in my 30s now and I'm at a stage where I feel I can now appreciate everything and not get stuck in one phase. So I'm rekindling my love for herps. Got me a boa and an asian forest scorpion. Been binging these videos
Definitely a lid! I had a pair when I was a teenager. I opened the lid one day to find one of them upside down on the screen lid...
I had one when I was younger and stupidly didn't keep a lid on for the first few weeks. One day I look in the habitat and she's not there, I start panicking but luckily she was only hiding underneath my dresser
Mihajlo I know that feeling all to well! Glad she was found safe and sound.
My emperor also walks upside down on the lid. I always have to check before opening it. She's a sassy one.
In general you are always infectiously excited in your videos but you are so excited in this video its ridiculous. I love it! Love your channel and quality of content. ❤
I have no idea how I got here. This dude is something else. He looks really crazy and so excited about things he talks about, that I just sit here, watch 10th video with the most sincere smile that i had fot last few months :)
FINALLY!!! You're doing scorpions. I have been waiting for the day you upload a video on scorpions. Please do more, I love this channel!
I absolutely love your videos and I definitely watched this one a dozen times when I was deciding on my first invertebrate. I am now the proud owner of two emperor scorpions (and avoided being tricked into buying an Asian forest scorpion) and I just wanna thank you for helping me bring them into my life! I don’t know if you read every comment (especially on older videos) but just in case I thought it would be nice to let you know how much of an amazing job you’re doing. Thank you so much!
Your enthusiasm for the anatomy of a scorpion makes me want one even more. Watching your vids convinced me to get a kingsnake and now I think I'll go through with it and get a scorpion
"Scorpions are such incredible creatures."
Finally, someone gets it! I've loved scorpions since I was a kid. They have a unique beauty to them, an evolutionary grace, and a lot of people don't really see that.
Love the passion this guy brings when talking about reptiles, insects, arthropods etc.
I absolutely love your videos! Not only is the content great, but your energy and excitement is truly fun to watch. I appreciate your channel and the fascinating animals you show :D
Hey Clint, I love these guides. They're very informative and your energy is infectious. But if I can make one suggestion could I recommend that when you talk about temperatures inside the home could you please give a range of approximate temperatures? When you say "if the house gets extremely cold" I don't really know what that means. I live in a northern climate and so during the winter it really isn't uncommon for my house to be in the low sixties to even the mid fifties of degrees, (fahrenheit). To someone like me "extremely cold" means literally freezing or just a little above, now logically I know that temperatures like those are way too cold for most animals but it would be nice to have a more solid idea of what "hot" and "cold" are.
I can also say from years of scorpion collecting that heat is more dangerous for scorps than coldness! I hate to see them in pet shops with heat lamps over their cages. I always buy them to save them and try to educate the pet shop. Important life lesson: wives generally don't like when you own over 50 live scorpion specimens!!!!!!
Your enthusiasm and informative fun videos are one of the few things getting me through 2020! Please never stop informing us if the creatures are the right creatures for us.
I've gotten into the habit of reciting/memorising your five categories for pet rankings
*it's just how you say it...so pronunciated and weirdly satisfying* 😍
A compact streamer sent me.
"It's possible they could get out...
...and then you'll have to explain that to your family."
That's the most understated way of saying "you'll have to sell your house and move to a different zip code."
That's a stellar Monstera you have there! Nice add to the studio.
Cheers,
Chris
I asked for this a while back in a comment, so awesome! Great video!
Great video, Clint! I have an Asian forest scorpion bred by someone who lives in my city. I love that you mentioned the necessity of mounting a heat mat (if necessary) on the SIDE, as I do. The only way to do it. 😊👍
P.S. I hope your eyes are ok!
Excuse me hamare pass scorpion hai 125 gram ka 12 se classes ki lambai
I always get a big, silly smile whenever you upload. Love your content
Your personality is what makes your channel groove man appreciate the honesty in your videos
Ive seen hours of your podcast now. You seem so genuine and kind, when i get my new debit card im joining the patrion. I love the content you put out.
Someone needs to write a book called “little nightmares” that tells of all of the ways different insects & arachnids are nightmarish to similarly sized animals. I would buy that book.imagine the chapter on jumping spiders! Insane!
An excerpt from the jumping spider chapter ( I locked eyes with it. We both saw each other for just a moment when.. BAM! It’s on top of me it’s fangs are sinking deep into my thorax! I have to get away... but...I can’t.) or something like that. Lol
If someone finds a book like this please tell me so I can stop writing it.
@@Pogo-os7sr you got that imagination kicking in overdrive today huh little buddy
It's SO unbelievably cool that they light up under U/V light, 👍
Such amazing animals.
Yes! Ive been so excited for this. At last thank you Clint! All aboard the invertebrate train
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My first scorpion was an emperor named Dr. Stinglesworth M.D., RIP, cat at him. I liked the scorpion more than the cat, never had another cat.
This comment really reinforces just how ridiculously savage cats are. Like damn. He was a Scorpion, doctor AND an Emperor and the cat STILL won?
Greatest comment of the decade.
What's with all the hate of cats? My family currently has 2 dogs, 2 cats and coming soon a Hognose and Bullsnake (Our 15yr old daughter and I are the snake fans, there is no way my wife or other daughter would allow Arachnids in the house. Although they do follow the house rule that no spider is to die when found, call me or the other daughter and we catch it and release it outside.)
@@mystic_tacos Did you read George's comment at all? A cat killed a doctor, Mystic. *A MEDICAL DOCTOR*
I was waiting for this video! I am thinking of getting one but I needed one of your videos to determine. Thanks! BTW I recently got my first reptile, a beardie and he is amazing. I wouldn't have gotten him without you. Thank you so much. Also, any recomendations for my 2nd pet reptile?
Totally Rad! your a blast from the past and i love it!
You content is super informative, helpful, and calming, never stop Clint. We all love you man.
As someone with the scorpion as my zodiac sign, I had to like this video!
I also
Do the Madagascar Hissing Cockroach. I got 10 for a colony to raise as feeders for my tarantulas and I have found that I absolutely love them! Great pet! Great for people who want to handle and interact with them. I am in midvale and would gladly let you have some of mine.
I'm glad you specified early not to keep a UV light in the enclosure. That really seems like something some people would do if not explicitly told not to.
Clint YOU'RE stinking rad. Arguably the best pet youtuber for me.
I saw u commented on antscanada’s video, I can’t wait for a collabbb
Hopefully he reaches out :)
I want him to collab with serpa design
So this is the video where you give a score-pion?
I’ll show myself out.
Slowly getting the equipment together to get mine, Wanted one for years. Great video! Thank you for the info differentiating the Asian Forest Scorpion and the Emperor. This distinction has been an issue in the pet trade, particularly trade shows in my area lately. I can feel more confident when I make my purchase now.
I'm loving this episode! Can't wait to share with my nephew. What am awesome scorpion and such a great "review"
Are you going to ever review some Old World tarantula's, particularly the OBT? I am curious what kind of things you have to say about that nightmare.
For the first time ever, the handleability scale goes negative...
Jason Blalock - Yes, as it teleports across the table at blinding speed!!! 🤣🤣🤣
OBTs are awesome. Mine wants to kill me all the time and I think he hates even himself + I am pretty sure he is doing some demon-worship and world-domination plans in his burrow :D Cleaning the enclosure requires you not even to blink once cause well...and I am pretty sure upfront costs require antidepressants and mood stabilizers for rehousing preparation :D Such a lovely creature ! All in all keeping an OBT is a supernatural experience...
Me, seeing the first shot of Clint showing UV on the scorpion: **soft gasp* baBY ALARM
You deserve WAY more subscribers!!!! Keep up the amazing work!
This channel and all your videos are stinkin rad! We live in the uk and We have snakes, a curly hair tarantula and a salmon pink birdeater and an Asian forest scorpion at the moment and they're all amazing! We've had mantids before and only recently lost our giant african millipede but they're all amazing creatures. Keep making the awesome vids!
They will likely return to being more available now that Microsoft bought the rights to radscorpions.
Thank you. Im genius I know. Ill be here all week.
I learned and forgot more words during the first 100 seconds of this video than I have during rest of the year!
Jerma985 sent me
Who?
@@rosnakoda8310 Popular twitch streamer, pretty funny guy I recommend you check him out, surprised Jerma actually knows about Clint’s Reptiles
Another amazing video I have been wanting this for ages.
Great video always delivering great content well done Clint 🤙🏻
Only 15 seconds in, already loving it. That was a sweet intro!
Wish List:
Pacman Frog
Russian Tortise
Box Turtle
Rosy Boa
lol I've been asking for a russian tortise vid a lot
I have a russian tortise. He is an amazing tortise and personality I think he’s the best type as a pet. Not big at all, wont eat you out of house and home and lives a relatively long live but nowhere near the same as the large ones.
I want hermit crabs and moon crabs.
Moon Crabs would be amazing, I own one. I'd also like to see him do a video about Tiger Salamanders.
I never forgave the scorpion for killing Antie in Honey I Shrunk the Kids.
Never forgive. Never forget.
Here it finally is...a scorpion video! Thanks a lot Clint, this was overdue :D I kept a pair of these some 20 years ago - but failed quite miserable. Unfortunately, there was no Clint's Reptiles back then ;)
Heck yea! I’ve been waiting for this video!
I love your channel so much Clint. I feel like every time I want to look more into a reptile/amphibian/invert you come out with a video about it the very next day! Keep doing what you're doing Clint. I love it!
Assalamu alaikum bhai
Alaikum bhai hamare pass scorpion hai 125 g uska 12 uski lambai
Thanks a lot for covering this, i was eagerly waiting for this video
This is how I start my super Saturdays :-) Amazing video clint!
Thank you!
I love your channel and really appreciate the effort and work you're putting into it.
You always make my day :) thank you Mr Reptile Rodgers
Love the videos! I’m actually considering getting a scorpion! (It would be my first pet that isn’t a dog or cat lol). I hate to suggest anything at all, but the Gigantometrus Swammerdami scorpion would be an interesting video for me personally. Thanks for all that you do :)
your channel is awesome. great find.
Omg Clint thank you for this episode!! I have an emporer (his name is Ralphie) but I see now that I need to give him more substrate. I'll get on that today!
Love yall Clint and fam!
Not even gonna get a scorpion but these are just entertaining and so helpful when it comes to animals lol, keep up man!
Emps are so cool. I like how informative the vid is.
I love this video so much and I learned a lot of new details about scorpions from this video.
Lol, Clint is totally flexing that variegated monstera deliciosa he picked up. 😂
I have wanted an Emperor for like 25 years. I did once have a desert scorpion, and he was a really easy, low maintenance pet. On feeding day, I would wait until after dark, turn on the blacklight, and watch him hunt down his crickets. So cool to observe. Considering how entertaining it was to see him hunting, I might actually like a Forest Scorpion better with their more aggressive feeding response, since I consider scorpions a "looking" pet, not a "touching" pet.
Another great video 👍🏻 been waiting for this one 😃
I have a spare 10gal tank due to a snake upgrade and I was JUST considering an emperor scorpion for it so thanks for this video!!
I just love my Emperor Scorpion he is amazing lol thanks for the great info Clint your info is a huge help ❤
This is the best episode. So fun!
Most wholesome and loveable channel out there.
Love these guys. Watching my old guy Stampy drink water was awesome, you could see just how long those little face claws were.
Another interesting fact about their UV glow is scientist believe it helps them hunt by attracting bugs to them since there is a very low UV light all the time. Our human eyes can't see the glow, but bugs maybe able to.
Keep up the rad videos, they are very enjoyable.
Awesome video! When ever I’m researching an animal I always check if you have a video on the animal I’m researching! I was wondering if you could do a video on Fire bellied toads?
I love the obvious passion!
"oh I got plans for you" 😅🤣👌🏻 Clint your awesome 🤣🤣🤣
Good video. Your use of chameleons for your 0-5 rating scale is cute and clever :)
You are a pleasure to watch!
I love your videos Clint and I would really like to see you do one of these for a Poecilotheria metallica!!