What is Heterometrus swammerdami?
[[Image:Giant forest scorpion.JPG|thumb|A giant forest scorpion from the [[Western Ghats]] in [[Karnataka]], [[India]].]] '''''Heterometrus swammerdami''''', commonly called the '''Giant Forest Scorpion''', is the world's largest [[scorpion]] [[species]]. Its [[venom]] does not usually kill humans, because it has arguably evolved to kill its prey by crushing it with its [[pincer]]s and not by venom. The subspecies ''H. s. titanicus'' lives in [[Sri Lanka]] and [[India]]. Scientists often find the giant forest scorpion in [[tropical rainforest]]s and other types of moderately warm [[climate]]s. {{biology-stub}} [[Category:National symbols of India]] [[Category:Scorpions]]