First the scorpion breaks the cricket or beetle into tiny pieces. When the pile is big enough, the scorpion spits strong digestive juices onto the pile of bug bits. The juices melt the bits into soft sticky stew. When the stew is soft enough, the scorpion sucks the gooey pieces into its mouth. Besides having bad table manners, scorpions are also very tough.
Some scorpions can survive a whole year with no food.
Other scorpions can live for two days under water or survive long periods of cold. Scorpions may also live for a long time. Not bad for such little guys who are usually only one or two inches long. Scorpions are often misunderstood. Many people say that scorpions are so aggressive they will sting themselves to death, but this is not a natural behavior of scorpions in the wild.