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NATURE & GASTRONOMY

 

 

 

  Water Scorpions

 

Thailand

A land crab known as poo nah (fig.) and two black Water Scorpions (fig.) caught from a rice paddy with a chonsae.

 

Note the enlarged pincer-like front legs, used for capturing prey and the long breathing tube at the end of its abdomen, which actually consists of a pair of half-tubes, capable of being locked together.

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