Chapter 12 The Asylum 278
In a hatchery full of eggs and pupae -
The creature that came out of the egg was not a strange animal like the Fish-Man, but a scorpion! Compared to ordinary scorpions, scorpions are five to ten times larger!
Kathu looked at the scorpion carefully, it was so black and shiny, if he hadn't seen it hatch from the egg, he would have thought that it was just a high-fidelity toy, the structure and color were quite exquisite!
Its back is made up of patches of dorsal armor, and its flat back is good for hiding in the cracks. The www.biquge.info eyes grow upwards, which is conducive to observing the movement of the four directions. It also has four pairs of feet, which are located on the side of the scorpion's body, and have claws at the front of the feet to facilitate climbing.
The dwarf clown stared at the shiny black scorpion in surprise, and then exclaimed in amazement, "Ahh......h
Kathu looked at the scorpion again, because it was relatively large, so in order to see it clearly, he didn't need to stand so close to see it clearly.
The scorpion's sides are the only parts of its body that are not protected by a shell, and the tufts of hair on its body are very distinct, which are the organs used by the scorpion to sense its surroundings.
Coincidentally, when crossing the Russian border in a helicopter, Townsend also boasted to Kathu about his experience - he had also eaten scorpions, even imperial scorpions.
As for how to identify the species of scorpions, Townsend chattered a lot at the time, but Kathu also selectively listened to Townsen's "Strange World" program......
At least he could try to identify the scorpion in front of him - the scorpion's stomata are the scorpion's respiratory organs, and its arrangement, number, and location help identify the species of the scorpion.
"Imperial Scorpion!?" Katu said in surprise, the size of the imperial scorpion in front of him and the size described by Tang Sen is too big! This is simply a mutated version of the Imperial Scorpion!
However, this also made Kathu quite surprised, according to Tang Sen's description, due to the slow metabolism of the emperor scorpion, its growth rate is relatively slow, the scorpion is an incomplete metamorphosis animal, its growth must rely on shelling, and each time after shedding, the body size will grow a lot.
So the scorpion that has just hatched in front of you should be regarded as a young scorpion, and the body size of the young scorpion is already so big, if it is shed a few more times, the body size will increase significantly again, isn't it all bigger than the human body!?
Thinking of this, Katu shuddered, it seems that in this aerial psychiatric prison, not only people are crazy, but even these creatures are also crazy!
At this moment, the black emperor scorpion used its two pincers to firmly clamp the stinging needle of the link insect.
The link worm instinctively wants to move, according to the weight of the body, it can crush the king scorpion to death even if it is squeezed casually, but I don't know why, the strength of the link scorpion pincers is so great that it can make the link worm completely unable to move.
The dwarf clown was also surprised, the body shape of these two creatures is not the same level at all, it stands to reason that this emperor scorpion is in front of the link big worm, but it is just a mantis arm blocking the car, how can it really be stopped!?
When Kathu looked closely at the black imperial scorpion's pincers, he discovered the mystery - the black pincers also dripping black juice from time to time.
In this vast world, many creatures that are not very large in size will rely on some unique advantages to hunt, such as narcotic toxins......
And the black juice on the pincers of this imperial scorpion should have a strong anesthetic effect, because it is only in contact with the stinging needle of the link worm, and before the anesthetic toxin is injected, it can already make the link worm lose its mobility, which shows the intensity of this anesthetic toxin......
At this time, the angry black emperor scorpion was not polite, and it used the claw of its tail, which is used to catch prey and defend against enemies, and stabbed it fiercely into the head of the link insect......
After a short while, the huge link worm was completely paralyzed there, or it was not an exaggeration to say that it died.
Normally, when a scorpion eats, it will use the two chelicerae of its snout to tear its prey apart and suck its body fluids.
This black emperor scorpion was no exception, it let go of its pincers, and in one fell swoop crawled up to the dead link worm, tore open the head of the link worm with the two chelicerae of its snout, and began to enjoy the food.
Katu didn't dare to make a sound, he found that nature is really a place where the weak eat the strong, just now the big insect is still preying on hunters, at this time it has become another creature's "meal", although it is very cruel, but it is also very realistic.
The other two link insects see this, although they do not have obvious emotions like animals, but they also seem to have some reactions to the death of their own kind.
Maybe they were trying to take revenge, or maybe they thought that the black emperor scorpion might be a delicacy, and the big worm in these two links also spit out sharp needles and squirmed towards the black emperor scorpion, trying to compete who was the real strongest.
While the Imperial Scorpion was enjoying its delicious food, it was disturbed by these daredevils, and its tail claws were raised high, ready to meet the battle!
When the two link insects came to the emperor scorpion at the same time, the emperor scorpion was able to use the pliers on the left and right sides at the same time to clamp the stinging needles of the two link insects respectively.
When the black pliers clamped the stinging needle for less than a few seconds, the link worm was already paralyzed, as if it had become fish on the chopping board, ready to be slaughtered......
The angry emperor scorpion still used its tail claw to quickly and fiercely pierce the head of the link worm, piercing its head and injecting venom into it. Another link worm is also inevitably poisoned......
When it hatched, it encountered the food delivered to the door, which made the black emperor scorpion overjoyed, and it used the two chelicerae of the snout to tear the head of the big worm and enjoy the food.
Kathu and the dwarf clown were behind it, looking at it in horror, as far as the current situation was concerned, they didn't even have a decent weapon in their hands, if they were targeted by this extremely ferocious black emperor scorpion, it would be really a big trouble!
When the black emperor scorpion was "full of wine and food", it actually began to shed its shell on the spot, which is also completely different from the slow metabolism that Tang Sen said!
The black emperor scorpion began to shed its shell from its snout, and this process of transformation did not seem to be simple, and it seemed that it also had to endure a lot of pain.
It gradually withdrew its chela and tail, and in the process of pulling out its tail, it was lying down, and this process of shedding its shell was in line with Townsen's description, this is also the time when the emperor scorpion is most vulnerable, as long as you touch it at this time, you can cause damage to it.
But whether such an injury can be fatal and eliminate it at once, Katu has no bottom in his heart. Should we do it now? Or wait and see? This made Kathu hesitate...... (To be continued.) )