These venomous invertebrates live in almost every type of habitat, including deserts , rain forests , prairies , grasslands , forests , mountains, caves, ponds , and seashores. Some scorpions live as long as 25 years. They eat insects and small rodents .
Some scorpions can go for a year without food.
Shrews and other scorpions prey upon scorpions. Scorpions have a hard exoskeleton and not an internal skeleton. The stinger at the end of the tail injects a paralyzing poison into the prey. They range in color from black to brown to tan to red. Comb-like sensors on the bottom of the body also give the scorpion information about the environment.