Great Pet Scorpion Species

[OneDaymien]

but the emperor and the indian scorps are the same right ??

[xplorersam]

@OneDaymien Nope. Emperors are Pandinus Imperator from central Africa. The indian rock scorpion is a much larger scorpion from India and is a Heterometrus Swammerdami.

[munchypotato1]

@xplorersam i have looked on some but i havent seen any yet any web sights u recomend

[xplorersam]

@munchypotato1 bigappleherp(dot)com backwaterreptiles(dot)com/scor­­pions-for-sale.html reptmart(dot)com

[Mr1088Drew]

How often do u feed urs???



[xplorersam]

@Mr1088Drew My baby H.Spinifers eat around twice a month. They're fasting at the moment so I'd imagine they're gonna' molt soon. My H.Swammerdami depends really. Once a week most times but he has taken 3-4 large locust in 1 week before.

[munchypotato1]

@xplorersam do you know were i can get a desert hairy or a emporer scorpion in virginia ive benn looking but i can no find them plaese reply thank you and nice vid.

[xplorersam]

@munchypotato1 Have you looked on any websites?

[bobflob11]

if my scorpion stung itself wold it die?

[agr227]

@bobflob11

?? i dont think so any way thats just omg

[bobflob11]

@agr227 yeah i gave it a cricket and it stung itself

[TheOgdenstudios]

Emperor scorpions+Dubstep= WINNING

Shame really, mine hates it...

[GoofyGoobrGy]

I would way rather have a scorpion pet than a spider... they are cool, like a spider/crab but with a badass tail.

[XxMiPHISTox]

Your Flat rock was a Hadogenes Paucidens ;x

[bobflob11]

bty her name is Chocolate

[bobflob11]

my scorpion is a female but shes only 3 weeks old pretty damn agressive. i also had a male but he died on tuesday.

[xplorersam]

@bobflob11 ahh that sucks :( well what I mean about the forest scorpion being aggresive, is he hisses loudly isn't afraid to sting (the venom is more potent than your average Imperator) and the power of its chela is phenomenal for its size.

[bobflob11]

@xplorersam ouch! and the hissing scary

[bobflob11]

@xplorersam hu iwas nautitious for 2 days

[bobflob11]

my uncle breeds scorpions

[xplorersam]

@bobflob11 Awesome well if you have any questions ak him or message me etc I'll try help as much as I can or send you in the right direction.

[bobflob11]

@xplorersam thanks bro

[SpecialSkills124]

@xplorersam are the emperor scorpion blind?

[xplorersam]

@SpecialSkills124 No but there sight works off of light and shadow I think it's not very good anyway, but they can see. They use the hair located all over the body to sense vibrations, and strange patterns in the air waves to hunt their prey

[bobflob11]

i have an australian bull dog ant

[bobflob11]

dude or dude-et  how do you get an indian forest scorpion

[xplorersam]

@bobflob11 Ahh well depnding on where you live you can usually find them on websites they have a price range in british pound of around 20 (if you're lucky like me) to around 50. I got a fully mature male for about 20 pounds of a website he came perfectly and has been fine ever since. I don't know how much experience you've had with scorpions but this one's a lot more aggresive than an emperor and is really quite intimidating especially fully grown. (The hissing really is scary.)

[bobflob11]

i have an emporer to and im only elleven

[xplorersam]

@bobflob11 Awesome, what's your set up like?

[bobflob11]

@xplorersam idont qite know how to expliain

[xplorersam]

@bobflob11 Ahhh well best of luck with your pet, you got any other inverts? Tarantulas etc?

[AzlieAndHasyrulHQ]

malaysian forest scorpion??? dwarf wood scorpion??? :(

[xplorersam]

@SkylinesAndroid Mt. Eden - Sierra Leone

[DrDarTV]

heterometrus swammerdani is not a beginners species. they are quite expensive, and tend to be more agressive..

[xplorersam]

@DrDarTV Ermmm any Heterometrus is a decent beginner species, in Britain a mature adult can cost around 20 pounds so it's not expensive. And the same can be said about the Hadrurus, that's an aggresive species yet it's renound for being an excellent species. The fact that it's more aggro is good, it teachs noobies to treat the scorpions with respect and not to really handle them, cause they certainly don't enjoy it.

[DrDarTV]

@xplorersam

I can't speak for Britain, but out here in mainland Europe I've seen prices for H. swammerdani hit up to 70 euro or more. Compared to emperors, who are 20 euro at most, or H. spinifer which are sometimes found for 10 euro or less. This is definetly belongs to the expensive species list, if there would be such a list regarding scorpions. As for general care, I wouldn't know, other than this species cannot be kept communal like H.spinifer or emperors.

[xplorersam]

@DrDarTV I don't keep my scorpions communally anyway, I'd rather not have the rsik of anything, I know it's easy to do but you know I just prefer iot having the seperate scorpions in the seperate tanks. Still this species is pretty damn hardy like the spinifers and emps, and if you can get one for a good price, then I'd suggest it.

[Deathtizity]

Emperors RULEEEE!!!!!

[njnolan1]

Love the painting at the end.

[Rioxnation]

Wuts this song? '-'

[xplorersam]

@Rioxnation M.T Eden - sierra leone

[xXxbwelitexXx]

I"m hopefully getting 3 emps soon:]

[Jfaiola]

arnt you ever nervous its gonna sting or pinch you?

[xplorersam]

@Jfaiola No cause i'm careful.

[alabamaboy357]

@Jfaiola you said that on two other videos cool it with that question!

[xplorersam]

Every scorpion is venomous.

[huevocartoonable]

DUBSTEP YEAH!!!!!!!!

[EWWYOURFAC3]

eww

[maksedgamer43]

Actually, it's not.

Larger scorpions are usually docile and harmless to humans.

[xplorersam]

@maksedgamer43 WRONG. Scorpions with larger chela are less likely to use their sting, but they can still be aggresive which the H.swammerdami is, it's extremely territorial, and will stand it's ground, even attack anything that's encroaching on it's land. Heterometrus species aren't as placid as the Pandinus or Hadogenes species.

[rex43455]

@xplorersam whats the song called plz its fucking awesome

[xplorersam]

@rex43455 Mt. Eden - Sierra Leonne

[rex43455]

@xplorersam thx

[Curicua]

wow look at the skinny ass tail at 2:33 im guessing thats probably one of the most venomous i dunno some one fill me in.

[GreenMustashe]

@Curicua Actually to tell if a scorpion is extremely venomous or not you just have to look at the size of the claws and tail. Scorpions with large claws and skinny tails tend to be less venomous and scorps with tiny claws and plump tails tend to be extremely venomous or even deadly. Like the Yellow-Fat tailed Scorpion or the Arizona Bark Scorpion.

[xplorersam]

@GreenMustashe Indeed :)

[Curicua]

@GreenMustashe yea thats right i heard that before especially that species..

[Curicua]

As im watching this im paranoid thinking there is a scorpion under my desk..

[tanman1346]

So which one is the most aggressive and has strongest venom?

[xplorersam]

@tanman1346 None of these are life threatening. H. Arizonensis would hurt a lot with it's venom and it's usually quite defensive, it won't hesitate to use it's sting if provoked. However most aggresive is probably H.Swammerdami, normally larger scorpions are quite placid but the H.Swam will pinch like a bitch :P (The pinchs are extremely painful as the species is incredibly strong!)

[DevoidPrototype]

Whats song

[xplorersam]

@DevoidPrototype Mt.Eden - Sierra Leone

[xplorersam]

Also many people say the best beginner scorpion is the Emperor, in my personnal opinion the best is either the desert hairy or flat rock.

My reasons for them are... 1. the desert hairy promotes beginners not to pick up scorpions for their own sakes and the corpions, the reason why is the desert hairy if handled will most likely get aggresive and attempt to sting.

2. the flat rock is a great beginner, my reasoning is i have never heard of an aggresive flatrock, also they have very mild venom!

[xplorersam]

H.swammerdami is very hard to get hold of, and can be more of a handful than say the desert hairy simply because of its huge size... the largest ever recorded was 11.5 inches long!