AN ANATOMICAL MISCELLANY
A scorpion’s pectines
SHOULD YOU EVER FIND YOURSELF CLOSE enough to a scorpion to examine its underside, you won’t fail to spot a pair of large comb-like structures, which, were they to be found on any less fearsome animal, might be likened to an angel’s wings. Pectines are unique to scorpions and function like insects’ antennae. Sensitive to vibrations and chemical stimuli, they brush the ground as the scorpion moves.