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THAT scorpions do commit suicide, as described by your correspondent last week, is a well-known fact. My grandfather often related how he had seen these creatures, when surrounded by a circle of glowing embers, make for the inner side of their fiery prison, then deliberately move round the inside of the circle, and when arrived at the exact spot from which they started, turn back their tails and sting themselves to death.
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L., M. Suicide of Scorpions. Nature 11, 47 (1874). https://doi.org/10.1038/011047d0
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