yes i knew that scorpions eat their young especially the mothers.
"Pregnant females are obviously very fat looking and should be removed from the communal tank and placed in a separate tank to avoid her experiencing to much disturbance until the young are independent, disturbed females have been known to eat their own young." (this information was taken from http://www.earthlife.net/chelicerata/scorpion.html)

there are different reason why animals eat their young and and it varies depending on the animal

"Kids taking too long to grow up? Just eat 'em. A wide range of animals gobbles their own kids — polar bears, burying beetles, hamsters, wolf spiders and a range of fish species" {information taken from http://www.livescience.com/animals/080206-cannibal-parents.html}

"A report published by Oxford University Zoologist Dr. Michael Bonsall and Hope Klug from the University of Florida says females may commit infanticide to gain increased access to physical resources (food or space), bias the sex ratio of the litter, or eradicate further problems if the baby is sick or refuses to feed. By killing ill pups, the mother may then allocate her precious resources to those pups more likely to survive. " (information obtained from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/olivia-zaleski/veras-cub-why-some-mother_b_81146.html)
Source(s):
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/olivia-zaleski/veras-cub-why-some-mother_b_81...

http://www.earthlife.net/chelicerata/scorpion.html

http://www.livescience.com/animals/080206-cannibal-parents.html


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