Scorpion use in the pharmaceutical industry are collected from the wild in Pakistan. Farmers in the Thatta District are paid about US$100 for each 40 gram scorpion and 60 gram specimens are reported to fetch at least US$50,000. The trade is reported to be illegal but thriving. Fried scorpion is a traditional dish from Shandong, China. Scorpion Scorpions are predatory arachnids of the order Scorpiones. They have eight legs and are easily recognized by the pair of grasping pedipalps and the narrow, segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward curve over the back, ending with a venomous stinger. Scorpions range
HMS Scorpion (1803) HMS Scorpion (1803) HMS "Scorpion" was a Royal Navy "Cruizer"-class brig-sloop built by John King at Dover and launched in 1803. She was the first of the class to be built since the launching of "Cruizer" in 1797. "Scorpion" had a long and active career during the Napoleonic Wars, earning her crews three clasps to the Naval General Service Medal when the Admiralty authorized it in 1847, two for single-ship actions. She also took a number of prizes. "Scorpion" was sold in 1819. "Scorpion" was commissioned in November 1803 under Commander George Nicholas Hardinge for the Channel and the Downs.