Seeker’s Trace Dominguez interviewed Curator of Arachnology, Lauren Esposito, from California Academy of Sciences. They interacted with some live scorpions and answered questions from viewers!
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06:15 What is a type specimen?
07:41 What’s the difference between male and female specimens when describing a new species?
08:32 How many spiders on Earth do we know about?
11:00 How much time do you spend in the lab vs. in the field?
12:15 What does it take to plan a field excursion?
14:11 What’s a typical day in the field like?
15:10 Have you ever been stung by a scorpion?
15:30 Have you ever gotten an illness from your travels and treks?
16:45 What’s so great about bat poop?
18:32 Why are scorpions and spiders in the same category?
20:21 Meet Nae Nae the whip spider
24:57 Is scorpion suicide a thing?
26:04 How potent is scorpion venom?
27:09 Who’s sitting by the dollar bill?
29:03 What’s a pooter?
31:44 Why do some scorpions glow in UV light?
33:30 How much do we know about scorpions?
34:32 What did you want to be when you grew up? How did you get into arachnology?
38:04 What would it feel like to get stung by a desert hairy scorpion?
39:10 Who’s in that painting?
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All About Scorpions: National Geographic
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