California Academy of Sciences, Water Planet Gallery

The heart of the Steinhart Aquarium, Water Planet focuses on the universality of water wherever there is life, investigating the adaptations by organisms to live in the myriad niches resulting from water's many differences in chemistry, abundance or scarcity, temperature, and motion.
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common emperor scorpion

The emperor scorpion, Pandinus imperator, is a species of scorpion native to Africa. It is one of the largest scorpions in the world and lives for 6–8 years. Its body is black, but glows pastel green or blue under ultraviolet light. It is a popular species in the pet trade, and is protected by CITES.

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