Wanderings under the Constellation of Scorpio

Victor Ya. FET

"So, you like scorpions", say those who enter my office for the first time, looking at the photographs, printouts, and clippings on my walls. "Well, I like to study them, but I do not particularly like them", I’d like to reply, but this is hard to explain seriously. Of course, a zoologist cannot study all animals at once, so each of us specializes: some in polar bears, some in bats. Certain species are clearly more attractive than others (at least until you get closer to them): charismatic pandas and turtles; butterflies, after all. And suddenly – scorpions! You cannot even pet them...

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