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| Wild | Sep 15 2012, 12:46 PM Post #301 |
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The scorpion's robustness will stop it, it's not as compact as a tarantula so it'll be hard to "corral and capture" also since the pede is the scorp's size the technique will be troublesome and their will be plenty of room for error once the pede so much as brushes against the scorp's claws it's caught. Those hairs are effective at picking up movement. Also the biting off of the stinger is unlikely, the scorp is VERY well armored and won't let the pede crawl all the way up to that stinger without latching on tightly. |
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| Black Ice | Sep 15 2012, 12:57 PM Post #302 |
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Thanks for the info! I guess they both prey on each other then. So what are we debating
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| Black Ice | Sep 15 2012, 12:58 PM Post #303 |
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I can show a vid if a similiar sized pede biting off a scorps stinger, not as hard as you may think. |
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| 221Extra | Sep 15 2012, 12:59 PM Post #304 |
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Deny, deny, deny.
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"Thanks for the info! I guess they both prey on each other then. So what are we debating" Nothing just your statement was wrong:
EDIT: Looks like the Scorpion has the upper hand: ![]() Edited by 221Extra, Sep 15 2012, 01:00 PM.
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| Black Ice | Sep 15 2012, 01:00 PM Post #305 |
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OK they both prey on eachother etcetera etcetera wild dog are we done here now? |
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| Wild | Sep 15 2012, 01:00 PM Post #306 |
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have you ever worn a yellow shirt near a flower bed and been flown at by a hummingbird? At first you think they're just bee's then you realize the body shape and flight pattern is totally different, they're pretty small but their quick and hyper active too |
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| Black Ice | Sep 15 2012, 01:02 PM Post #307 |
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221 extra the reverse happened in my video.
Edited by Black Ice, Sep 15 2012, 01:03 PM.
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| Wild | Sep 15 2012, 01:02 PM Post #308 |
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we weren't debating on who preys on who, we were debating on if an emperor scorpion could beat an Amazonian centipede at parity, I think centipedes need a pretty decent length advantage to beat any emperor scorpion |
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| Black Ice | Sep 15 2012, 01:04 PM Post #309 |
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my vid says otherwise. At parity they both can kill eachother. But i don't have the energy to keep debating this, does anyone want to defend the spiders? First a mantis now scorpion, what's next? A tiger beetle? Edited by Black Ice, Sep 15 2012, 01:06 PM.
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| Wild | Sep 15 2012, 01:05 PM Post #310 |
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not really, the pede was running away the whole type focusing all it's energy on attempting to escape and evade the scorp. Now if it decided to get up close and personal and actually confront and try to kill the emperor things would change, the emperor would be given a wide open shot to grab the pede since now the pede is running AT it not AWAY from it. |
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| Wild | Sep 15 2012, 01:06 PM Post #311 |
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cit's just at parity dude at normal sizes I totally agree pede's dominate the arthropod world and could kill an average sized amazonian could kill any other average sized arthropod predator |
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| Black Ice | Sep 15 2012, 01:06 PM Post #312 |
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i was referring to this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE-LMPHR_TY&feature=related |
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| Wild | Sep 15 2012, 01:08 PM Post #313 |
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that's a desert hairy scorpion, it has weak claws and thinner armor as well as being less robust |
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| Black Ice | Sep 15 2012, 01:11 PM Post #314 |
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oh my god ok. Does anyone have a video of a tropical centipede fighting a emperor scorpion? LIke a real fight? This is getting tedious. |
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| 221Extra | Sep 15 2012, 01:11 PM Post #315 |
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The scorpion was running away; I wouldn't call that a fight more like a flight response & I posted a pic of asian forest scorpion (very physically similar to emperor) getting the best of a similar sized pede. EDIT: Forgot to mention flat rock scorpion beating similar sized pede as well. Edited by 221Extra, Sep 15 2012, 01:16 PM.
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