There are basically two kinds of hand-made doll babies used in hoodoo -- those that are personalized by attaching things to the outside and those that are hand-stuffed. Things applied to the outside of a doll include a photograph or the hair of the target glued onto the head of the doll or a figural candle that represents the person.
Scorpion fish have several adaptations that suit a great adaptor to the ocean. The scorpion fish lives most on reefs and rocks. It adapts itself to look like rocks as a protection device against predators. Its stays mostly on the bottom of the ocean so that it won't use its energy swimming around.
What's a Scorpion? A scorpion is part of the arachnid family, which also includes mites, ticks, and spiders. Scorpions are about 3 inches long (about the length of a crayon), with eight legs and a small pair of claws that look like crabs' claws. A scorpion's stinger is at the end of its long tail.