desert critters

Meet the Vinegaroon, Big Bend National Park’s Elusive, Vinegar-Spewing ‘Wild Scorpion’

July 28, 2021 | By Asher Elbein

Sometimes, when the summer rains sweep the deserts of West Texas, strange arthropods stir in their burrows.

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