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Sized, cropped, and adjusted for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, July 24, 2011.
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"The scorpion is one of the most stupid as well as venomous of insects. It carries its sting in its tail - never biting as is supposed by the vulgar. When 'cornered' and no avenue of escape appearing, it usually stings itself to death - striking its poisonous sting into its own head, which is the softest and consequently the most vulnerable part of its body." CHILD'S BOOK OF NATURAL HISTORY
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Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, May 24, 1862, p. 96.