The Evolution of Scorpions

Despite most scorpion species being adapted to live in some of the driest and most arid areas on earth they started out as marine creatures and spent a very large part of their early evolution as semi aquatic animals. This video explains how scorpions journeyed and adapted to these completely contrasting environments as well as how they developed some of their most distinctive features. To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/MothLightMedia To donate to my PayPal (thank you): https://www.paypal.me/mothlightmedia To buy merchandise: teespring.com/en-GB/stores/moth-light... Email: [email protected] If I have used artwork that belongs to you but have neglected to credit it this will just be because I was unable to find one. If this has happened please contact me and I will add a credit. Some Art work has been altered for the purposes of bettering them for video format; these alterations were done independent from the artists who created the original work, so they are not responsible for any inaccuracies that could have occurred with the changes being made. Sources: https://ajosr.org/wp-content/uploads/journal/published_paper/volume-4/issue-5/ajsr2026_XhtDuCv5.pdf https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0044523106000386?via%3Dihub https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article-abstract/282/1804/20142953/84241/Phylogenomic-resolution-of-scorpions-reveals?redirectedFrom=fulltext https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pala.70064 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4321148/ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/pala.12534 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-56010-z https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/brx2.70022 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4807291/ https://www.science.org/content/article/killer-tail-spine-likely-helped-ancient-sea-scorpion-subdue-its-prey