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It climbs, effortlessly, even hanging upside-down from a smooth surface. \u003cem\u003eCentruroides sculpturatus\u003c\/em\u003e lights up like a piece of fluorescent tubing under UV.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is also genuinely venomous, the most medically significant scorpion in the US, so this is an advanced, hands-strictly-off, experienced-hot-keeper animal. They are fascinating colony animals that pile together in bark crevices. 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Hardy, easy, and absurdly photogenic: one of the prettiest invertebrates you can keep on a shelf.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is also one of the most low-stress: completely harmless (worst case, a curl-up and a mild almond-scented secretion, wash your hands), a happy composter that eats its own substrate of oak leaf litter and rotting hardwood, and content in a small group. 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A simple burrowing setup with digging depth and a hide is all it needs. 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