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A scorpion -

A scorpion - Frank Herbert's Children of Dune

A scorpion was an animal introduced to the planet Arrakis by Pardot Kynes.[1] They were often hunted by Fremen children as entertainment.[2][3][4] Scorpions survived the terraforming of the planet and were still a common site in 15229 AG.[4]

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  1. ↑ Dune - Appendix I: The Ecology of Dune: They turned then to the necessary animal life -- burrowing creatures to open the soil and aerate it: kit fox, kangaroo mouse, desert hare, sand terrapin . . . and the predators to keep them in check: desert hawk, dwarf owl, eagle and desert owl; and insects to fill the niches these couldn't reach: scorpion, centipede, trapdoor spider, the biting wasp and the wormfly... and the desert bat to keep watch on these.
  2. ↑ Dune - Chapter 40: He suppressed his anger, tried to talk reasonably. "This may all be true, Chani, but --" "I am no longer a child hunting scorpions in the sietch by the light of a handglobe, Usul. I do not play games."
  3. ↑ Dune Messiah - Chapter 22: Chani hesitated in the entrance chamber, puzzled by something she could not name. This was truly her home. As a child, she'd hunted scorpions here by glowglobe light. Something was changed, though...
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Heretics of Dune - Chapter 11: Sheeana's antecedents had been deduced long ago. Stiros' intrusions were makin gthe child homesick. Sheeana kept a wise silence but she clearly thought much about her life in a pioneer village. Despite all of the fears and perils, those obviously had been happy times for her. She would remember the laughter, poling the sand for its weather, hunting scorpions in the crannies of the village hovels, smelling out spice fragments in the dunes.