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Scorpions live slow and prosper

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A low metabolic rate and a diet of one's young is a recipe for desert success.

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  1. Lighton,J. R. B.,Brownell, P. H., Joos, B. & Turner, R. J. Low metabolic rate in scorpions: implications for population biomass and cannibalism. Journal of Experimental Biology 204,607 - 613 2001.

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Whitfield, J. Scorpions live slow and prosper. Nature (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/news010125-1

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