Why Evolution Is True

According to both New Scientistand the GDT (Gesellschaft Deutscher Tierfotographen, or “Society of German Animal Photography”), this photo, by Ingo Arndt, was winner of the Fritz Pölking Award for 2012 (read about Pölking here):

Here’s the description from New Scientist:

WHAT’S not to love about this photo? In one fell swoop it inverts the reputation of a much-feared invertebrate. For the defenceless newborns sitting under the vicious sting are the scorpion’s own offspring, tended by their mother until they are big enough to survive on their own.

It’s not just me who likes the shot – it has won German photographer Ingo Arndt the Fritz Pölking award for the second time.

There’s a good reason why scorpions are one of the few instantly recognisable invertebrates: that bulb at the end of the abdomen is full of deadly venom. What is less well known is that unlike most…

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