Egyptian Yellow Fat-tailed Scorpion

A classic desert fat-tail — sandy-yellow, thick-tailed, and one of the most commonly traded Androctonus, but a genuinely dangerous animal. Keep it hot (up to 95°F) and arid (20-40%) with a few inches of dry substrate and flat rocks or bark to shelter under; it can go months without food and needs very little water. Nervous, fast, and quick to sting, with potent neurotoxic venom that has caused serious human envenomations — expert keepers only, escape-proof housing, a sting protocol in place, and strictly no handling.