Today's "tail" is referring to 40 baby scorpions and their mom.
Tucson Citizen May 29, 1959
The piggyback antics of 40 baby scorpions at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum probably will attract more attention this weekend than the two Arizona black bear cubs.
The mother of the piggyback brood is a striped-tail scorpion, one of the smallest and most common in the Tucson area. She gave birth to the little scorpions Wednesday night.
They immediately climbed onto her back where they’ll cling for about a week. During that time the babies won’t eat, but will live of a yolky pulp with which they are born.
This is the largest brood of scorpions so far recorded at the Desert Museum.
The prolific mother and baby buckaroos will be on exhibit this weekend in the Small Animal Room at the Museum.
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