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dramatic-shitpost-poet · 9 months

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Baja Bark Scorpion

Enclosure:

Enrichment can be rocks, stones, branches, driftwood, etc.

They like cool and moist places

Minimum is 10 gallon with at least 4 inches of height. Add 5 gallons per scorpion

Make sure to have very lockable enclosure

Average temperature is 75-90 degrees F (heat mat good)

Humidity should be 30-45%

Can be housed alone or in small groups

They need about 4 inches of substrate (sandy or soil/sandy w/o chemicals and not beach)

A small and shallow water dish should be offered and changed every other day

Diet/Feeding:

Insectivores

They eat 2-3 times a week and as much as they want in 15 minutes

They eat butter worms, mealworms, crickets, locusts, house flies, cockroaches, superworms, etc.

Age identification:

2-6 years is their average lifespan, maybe 10 years max

Physical traits:

2 parts to their body (abdomen and cephalothorax)

Tail is part of their abdomen

8 legs and pedipalps (pinches) for feeling

They have small hairs on their legs that sense vibrations

Avoid excess heat

They hibernate during the winter

They can climb well

Adult size is 2-3 inches long

They glow green under blacklight (UV light)

They give birth during the summer and ride on mom’s back until they molt 7-21 days in

They molt as they grow (6-10 times during their lifetime)

Their venom is lethal to small children, but not teens or adults

They have incredibly strong pinchers

Personality:

Nocturnal

They will hibernate in large groups

Somewhat social

Health concerns:

They might die during a molt since it causes a lot of stress on them and their new shell is fragile. They might lose limbs or other bits or die

Dehydration will make them shrivel up

Overfeeding will cause them to lose their appetite and die

Mites can kill them

Handling:

Don’t handle it. It stresses them out and their venom is strong.

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lazy-sixteen · 2 years

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Wait are you the creator of the Dr Stone His Dark Materials AU? Cool! If so can you tell me what's your inspiration for each characters Daemons?

yes that’s me!! Thank you so much for asking!!! Word Dump ahead

male lion -> Tsuakasa: Inagaki did the work for me, lol. Actually, I like the idea of lions symbolizing a sort of wildness and authority (very "king of the jungle") which fits early manga Tsukasa, but like real lion behavior being pretty chill (like most big carnivores) and just wanting to like hang out with their pride which fits later manga Tsukasa.

albino female king cobra -> Senku: Kinda of three hold reasoning here. In Western mythology, snakes are seen as being teachers of wisdom, specifically mortal wisdom (like obvs Adam and Eve, but also the snakes on the rod of Asclepius). King cobra meanwhile are associated with rulers in certain parts of India. Finally, albino snakes is about the myth of Bai Suzhen from China which is about a snake that gained power/cultivation then used it to repay a human she fell in love with; interestingly the snake in that story has been interpreted as both evil (for going against natural order of the world) and good (for her devotion to the human she loved), which is a fun metaphor for Senku upsetting the status quo (be both Tsukasa's 'live with nature', and the Whyman's 'keep humans mostly statues/stone age'). Finally, I picked a name in mandarin for her bc I like the idea of one of Senku's birth parents being chinese, soley bc there is a VERY stupid pun you can make with 月 (moon, month) radical and the⺼(flesh, body) radical often being written identically (so moon [a space rock] = flesh, just like petri beam).

female dog -> Taiju: his himbo engery is of the charts. (also is a nice helpful good boy who reminds me of a golden retriever)

male orbweaver bird -> Yuzu: I was going to do a spider for her actually, bc of all the cool mythology world-wide connecting spiders and weavers but it turns out mostly female spiders make webs, so I switched to a type of bird that makes really cool nest.

female lion -> Kohaku: Inagaki did all the work on this for me pt.2. She's powerful, very dedicated to her family, and also someone who's not afraid of putting in an enormous amount of effort (since female lions are the ones the hunt).

male Racoon-dog -> Chrome: Intelligent but also a little prone to mischief. Chrome likes collecting things, he's not afraid to totally go and do his own thing or accomplish his goals in his own way! Also (and this is more related to regular raccoons), they are very smart and good at opening trash cans which fits chrome somehow.

Male calico cat -> Gen: This is 50% bc gen exists in my head as the meme "butternut is a master of psychological manipulation", and 50% bc male calico's (despite looking normal) are incredibly rare bc the mechanism of calico coloring typically depends on having 2 X chromosomes. This is fun bc Gen's def the type to play around with gender a bit. Also Gen has always has a lot of color variation (black/white hair, purple in outfit even in b4 cloth got reinvented), so he deserves a colorful daemon.

Female hyena -> Hyouga: The natural enemy of lions, lol. Also they both have a very fun aesthetic and a reputation for being scary but funny.

Male lunar moth -> Ruri: famous for only living long enough to find a mate and pass away. But also a creature that is good at being both beautiful but also very low-key and subtle.

bonus: Not mentioned in story but exist in my heart

Ryuusui: Female Peregrine falcon (only the fastest bird alive for the world's greedest man)

Byakuya: female crow (smart and wise, but prone to pranks)

Lillian: male mockingbird (she's from SE US, so it's a given)

Amaryllis: male betta fish (beautiful and ready to fight!)

Dr. Xeno: female Arizona bark scoprion (did you know scorpions are actually fairly good mentors parents and will carry their young on their backs?)

Stanley: female cotton-mouth (aka the venomous snake that is the bane of SE US waterways)

#thank you so much for asking this bc i have so much backstory #long post

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