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How About an African Emperor Scorpion as a Pet?

How About an African Emperor Scorpion as a Pet?

Update: 2025-11-24
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#336: Dr. Doug explains that scorpions — which are over 200 million years old, the oldest living animal on earth, — are unusual as an exotic pet. African Emperor scorpions — "ominous looking, yet fairly gentle with grasping pincers" — carry their young on their back like a taxi service.

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How About an African Emperor Scorpion as a Pet?

How About an African Emperor Scorpion as a Pet?

Tracie Hotchner