Sting in the tale as scorpion caught on camera for first time

PARIS - The world's most lethal scorpion, the death stalker, has been caught on high-speed camera for the first time lashing out with its lethal stinger, scientists reported on Tuesday.

A comparison of half-a-dozen scorpion species shown in ultraslow motion revealed an unsuspected variety of strike modes, they reported in the journal Functional Ecology.

The death stalker had the fastest lunge of all, with its venomous stinger snapping over its head like a whip at 130 centimeters per second.