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WAR MACHINE: THE SCORPION

Brain
The brain's structure extends from head
to tail and consists of fifteen nerve
lobes. This structure of the brain Feet
provides a great advantage for the
The detectors on its feet help the animal
animal, allowing it to make quick
perceive every kind of movement, noise
decisions and to transmit reflexes and all and vibration. These detectors are so sen-
Poisonous necessary orders to the organs.
sitive that the scorpion can sense the
sting vibrations caused by a nearby living
organism in 1/1000 th of a second.
The potent poison of
scorpions, which is capable
of killing a human being, is Pincers
injected into enemies via the
stings located at the back of The function of the scorpion's
their body. pincers is to render its victims
ineffective before stinging
them. Moreover, it can
use its pincers to
dig the sand and
A robust
hide under
armour ground.
Its outer covering
that wraps it like an
armour is sturdy
enough to protect it not only Lungs Abdomen
from its enemies but also
On its underside , the female scorpion bears a
from radiation. The human It has eight air vessels
pair of unique sense organs called "pectines".
body has resistance to in its abdomen. It continues
With these, it identifies the surface texture
approximately 600 rads of to breathe easily even if only
and selects the most appropriate
radiation, whereas the one of them is open. It can
place for laying its eggs.
tolerance of scorpions rises as stay under water for two days
high as 40-150 thousand rads. owing to its strong lungs.
HOOK FISH

When this fish needs
to hunt, it sets free
the appendage
coming out from its
head like a hook and
begins to wait.
The other fish that
approach this
extension, thinking
that it is a small fish,
cannot escape falling
a prey to the sudden
attack of the hunter
fish.
We all know that a
fish has no means to
create a hook in its
own body, and that
such an issue cannot
be side-stepped by a
senseless explanation
such as "it just
happened to be so by
coincidence".