I started of by directly scanning in this feather of a guinea-fowl (tarentaal, paarlhoen).
By clipping and rotating bits and pieces of the image, I created the background images that can be seen on these pages. The feather has two parts, roughly dividing the feather in two equal halves. The part closest to the body of the bird is soft and downy and of a greyish colour. The other halve is stiff like a normal feather. It is black with dirty white spots arranged in rows parallel to the long axis of the feather and terminating at the apex of the feather.
The fingers give an indication of the size of the scorpion. The scorpion's body is about as wide as a thumb and his complete body is about 8 cm long. His claws are about 4 cm apart and relatively large. His body is dark grey of colour and his feet are yellowish brown. He is however not that dangerous. Because of his size, the scorpion is able to kill other insects without the need of poison. The dangerous scorpions usually has a smaller body but a big sting.
All mistakes are my own. Don't forget to mail me.
© 1996 mloots@medic.up.ac.za
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