Assertion: scorpion | /r/CapableOf | use their stings
Facets:
value: to kill their prey
type: PURPOSE
value: to inject toxins
type: PURPOSE
value: as a weapon
type: MANNER
value: as a defense mechanism
type: PURPOSE
value: to inject neurotoxic venom
type: PURPOSE
value: seldom
type: TEMPORAL
value: defensively
type: MANNER
value: for its self-defense
type: PURPOSE
value: to sting the animal
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Scorpions don’t only use their stings to kill their prey – they use it to defend themselves against predators, too, such as snakes, lizards and birds.
text: After an unlucky animal is grabbed by a scorpion's strong pincers, the scorpion uses its stinger to sting the animal multiple times.
text: They use their claws and stinger to hunt and kill their prey.
text: Scorpion uses its sting for its self-defense (not much to say).
text: It also uses the sting defensively, readily stinging a predator or the mistakenly placed bare foot.
text: Scorpion uses his power of persuasion explaining that they would both drown if he used his stinger.
text: Scorpions use their sting to capture prey and to defend themselves.
text: Some scorpions have such powerful pincers they seldom use their stinger.
text: They use their stingers to inject neurotoxic venom into their victims.
text: Scorpions don’t only use their stings to kill their prey – they use it to defend themselves against predators, too, such as snakes, lizards and birds.
text: All scorpions use their stings as a defense mechanism or a weapon to incapacitate prey.
text: Despite their ruthless reputation, scorpions actually prefer to hide than fight and only use their stings when they are disturbed.
text: The scorpion uses its stinger to inject toxins into the nervous and muscle tissues which causes disruption in the animals sensory system.