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7 unusual facts about scorpion


Black Scorpion

Scorpion, an animal of the order Scorpiones within the class Arachnida

Dolores Huerta Preparatory High School

The school's mascot is the Scorpion which originated from a school wide competition in 2004.

Nick Skitz

Since 2006, Skitz has released 2 rock compilations called SkitzMetal and SkitzRocks featuring 80s and 90s rock originals like Quiet Riot's "Cum On Feel The Noize" and Scorpion's "Wind Of Change" and some dance remakes of glam rock hits.

Scorpion I

He is believed to have lived in Thinis one or two centuries before the rule of the better known King Scorpion of Nekhen and is presumably the first true king of Upper Egypt.

Serket

Scorpion stings lead to paralysis and Serket's name describes this, as it means (she who) tightens the throat, however, Serket's name also can be read as meaning (she who) causes the throat to breathe, and so, as well as being seen as stinging the unrighteous, Serket was seen as one who could cure scorpion stings and the effects of other poisons such as snake bites.

Star lore

One example of star lore is the inventing of the story of Orion the Hunter and the Scorpius the Scorpion by the ancient Greeks.

Trinidad Scorpion Butch T pepper

According to the New Mexico State University's Chile Pepper Institute (the only international, non-profit scientific organization devoted to education and research related to Capsicum or chile peppers), the distinction of world's most piquant pepper currently belongs to the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion.


10th Aerospace Defense Group

The ten stars placed in a Scorpius constellation formation over a scorpion alludes to a Greek mythological legend and is symbolic of deadly powers.

2003 in archaeology

Adrienne Mayor - Greek Fire, Poison Arrows and Scorpion Bombs: biological and chemical warfare in the ancient world.

Bayesian search theory

Apart from the USS Scorpion, other vessels located by Bayesian search theory include the MV Derbyshire, the largest British vessel ever lost at sea, and the SS Central America.

Black Scorpion

Black Scorpion II: Aftershock, a 1997 sequel to Black Scorpion that also starred Joan Severance

Benjamin Adekunle (born 1936), Nigerian Army officer nicknamed Black scorpion

Black Scorpion Arnis

Capt. Teodosio organized and founded Black Scorpion Arnis International in his hometown of Balete, Aklan, Philippines in 1969, and was formalized and registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and Department of Trade and Industry on November 10, 1982.

Bobby Bones

His acting debut was a role in the 2008, American independently produced film The Legend of God's Gun in which he played a gun-slinging preacher returning to the debaucherous town of Playa Diablo seeking revenge from the notorious scorpion-venom drinking bandito El Sobero.

BSA Scorpion Air Pistol

In the James Bond film 'Octopussy', Octopussy (Maud Adams) and her team use BSA Scorpion pistols loaded with tranquilizers to fight off Kamal's men.

C. bicolor

Centruroides bicolor, a bark scorpion species found in Central America

Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976

The Act's schedule designates the species covered, such as many primates, carnivores, larger or venomous reptiles, dangerous spiders and scorpions.

Diadema

Damon diadema, a species of arachnid, sometimes known as the tailless whip scorpion

Durham University Botanic Garden

Within the glasshouses tropical rainforest flora, desert plants and species from the Mediterranean are on show as well as tropical insects such as stick insects, scorpiones, butterflies and tarantulas.

Eurypterid

Nepidae — an unrelated insect, commonly known as a "water scorpion"

Fensler Films

The same samples were also used on Megadeth's "The Scorpion" from the 2004 album The System Has Failed, the Spin Doctors' "What Time Is It," Chamillionaire's song "The Morning News," off his 2007 album, Ultimate Victory, and Jonathan Coulton's song "Shop Vac."

Fizbo

Haley's (Sarah Hyland) boyfriend Dylan (Reid Ewing) is also at the party and when he starts talking with Jungle Tanya, Haley gets jealous and she frees the scorpion from its box.

Fly Fighter

Fly Fighter is a platform/shoot 'em up video game developed and published by Digital Magic in 1989 for Amiga computers. The game was also re-released as Scorpion, with another title screen and another order of levels.

Four continents

Africa, by contrast (illustration, below right) wears the elephant headdress (worn by rulers depicted on Hellenistic Bactrian coins) and is accompanied by a lion, the scorpion of the desert sands and Cleopatra's asps.

Freewing Scorpion

The Scorpion will be offered for a US Army short-range UAV requirement, and is being proposed by Matra of France for use on French navy frigates and patrol boats.

FV101 Scorpion

Some small armies such as the Botswana Defence Force and the Irish Army, and notably the larger Philippine Army, continue to use the Scorpion, in some cases up-armed with the 90mm Cockerill.

Grinnall Scorpion IV

It is designed by Steve Harper to be essentially similar in appearance to the Scorpion III, but with an extra wheel and slightly larger dimensions the Scorpion IV is an open sports car constructed from a fibreglass covered steel space frame chassis.

Heteroscorpine

Heteroscorpine (HS-1) is a component of the venom of the Thai giant scorpion Heterometrus laoticus.

J.J. Perry

He then played Scorpion, Cyrax, and Noob Saibot in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (Chris Casamassa was supposed to reprise as Scorpion but was working in Batman & Robin, though he would return in Conquest), and appeared in the MK: Conquest TV series, this time as Scorpion's main rival Sub-Zero, in addition to doing stuntwork for the main character of Kung Lao.

Kanike

The practice of leaving a Kanike may have stemmed from Jainism, although it is mainly associated with Hinduism, especially lesser Gods, such as Chelamma, the scorpion Goddess.

Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance

To help promote the game, American rock band Adema recorded a song for the game titled "Immortal" and made a music video for it that featured Scorpion.

Otto Binder

His first Captain Marvel writing was the "Dime Action Book" novel Return of the Scorpion, featuring the villain from the 1941 Republic serial The Adventures of Captain Marvel.

Paruroctonus boreus

Paruroctonus boreus, sometimes called the "Northern Scorpion", is a species of scorpion of the family Vaejovidae that can be as far north as 50° N.

Paula Kalenberg

Throughout 2004 and 2005, she acted in four television films — The Doctor (Die Ärztin), The Sting of Scorpion (Der Stich des Skorpion), Secret of the Red House (Das Geheimnis des roten Hauses) and Intrigue and Love (Kabale und Liebe).

PowerSlave

The player finds himself battling hordes of evil creatures including mummies, Anubis soldiers, scorpions and evil spirits.

Prazosin

The drug is usually recommended for severe bitings from Indian Red Scorpion Hottentotta tamulus in Indian Subcontinent.

Project Scorpion

Larger defense companies serving as lead-system integrators for Project Scorpion include Northrop Grumman/EADS, Raytheon/Thales and General Dynamics, SAIC, SAGEM, Lockheed Martin Marietta and Boeing.

Project Scorpion is a facet of the Revolution in Military Affairs modernization program known in the U.S. as Future Combat Systems (FCS), in the UK as Future Rapid Effect System (FRES), in Germany known as Infanterist der Zukunft (IdZ), and in France as FÉLIN, an abbreviation for Fantassin à Équipments et Liaisons Intégrés (Integrated Infantryman Equipment and Communications).

Run Barbi Run

Bartolome is a Shakey's pizza delivery boy who witnesses the massacre of the Black Scorpion Gang committed by a group of henchmen while delivering pizza at night.

Scorpion goddess

Serket - patron goddess of the Pharaohs and deification of the scorpion

Scorpion man

In Blood Brothers, the familiar Girtablilu has a scorpion for a lower body.

Sea Scorpion

Nepidae - an insect, commonly known as a "water scorpion"

Spider-Man: The Video Game

The game was divided into four acts, meeting various villains, including Kingpin, Doctor Octopus, Electro, Lizard, Scorpion, Sandman, Green Goblin, Hobgoblin, and finally Doctor Doom.

The Amazing Spider-Man: Lethal Foes

Spider-Man battles various villains throughout the game - Beetle, Lizard, Mysterio, Alistair Smythe, Green Goblin, Scorpion, Venom, Doctor Octopus, and Carnage.

The Curse of the Jade Scorpion

French singer-songwriter Dimie Cat pays a tribute to the American director through the film The Curse of the Jade Scorpion in the song Woody Woody, from the album ZigZag.

The Scorpion and the Toad

The title references the fable of The Scorpion and the Frog, where a frog carries a scorpion across the river, only to be stung before they reach the other side drowning them both.

The Scorpion God

The Scorpion God is set in Ancient Egypt in pre-Pharaonic times and involves three main characters: "Great House", his son, and "The Liar".

Virgin Killer

--'So etwas wie mit dem Mädchen würden wir nie wieder machen", sagte Scorpions-Gründer Rudolf Schenker kürzlich in einem Interview.'--> The band's former lead guitarist Uli Jon Roth notes that the cover art of the "old Scorpion albums" were "usually done by other people.

Weapon-class destroyer

Tomahawk was renamed after Admiral of the Fleet, Viscount Cunningham had remarked about his sadness at the loss of a ship of this name after the S-class destroyer, Scorpion, was transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy.


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