Netizen finds rare sight of bark scorpion carrying its babies on its back

Netizens of the Singapore Wildlife Sightings Facebook group were both creeped out and amazed by the sight of a scorpion carrying her babies on her back.

The photo, posted by a netizen by the name of Janice Ang on Tuesday (Jun 8), showed a Bark Scorpion (Lychas scutilus) walking on a tree branch with its scorpion babies on its back.

Scorpion babies are born alive, not hatched from eggs like insects. When they are born, baby scorpions have a very soft outside shell or exoskeleton. They crawl up onto their mother’s back and ride there for 10 to 20 days until their exoskeleton gets stiff and hard.

According to scorpohunter.com, the bark scorpion is a calm and more unaggressive species of scorpion. They will flee when disturbed.

Earlier this month, a monitor lizard was spotted in the lift of an LRT station, and netizens had a field day with the comments.

In a post to the popular Facebook page Singapore Wildlife Sightings on Monday (May 30), a netizen who went by the name of Toon Ong shared photos of the monitor lizard. The photos had a date and time stamped on them, May 3, around noon. According to the photos, the monitor lizard seemed to be in the lift at first, but nine minutes later had made its way outside into the forested area.

Monitor Lizard spotted in LRT lift, netizens say it “Found out public transport price and decided to walk instead”