The Life of the Scorpion

"The Life of the Scorpion" by Jean-Henri Fabre is a nature science book about the Languedocian Scorpion. The book will educate readers about its behavior, body, and how it interacts with its surroundings. Fabre begins the story talking about his first time seeing the scorpion. He talks about the scary physical traits and how it avoids people, which makes studying it hard work. Fabre starts off studying centipedes, but slowly grows to like scorpions, showing how excited he is to discover the secrets about commonly misunderstood creatures. He sets up different experiments to watch their habits, which shows that he takes a methodical approach to studying nature.