14 DAY TRIAL // A study published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE this May 22 documents the discovery of two new cave-dwelling whipscorpion species.
Both these species were found in Brazil, and appear to mostly inhabit limestone caves. Researchers suspect that the arachnids prefer living in these caves because the local humidity suits them well.
The short-tailed whipscorpions have a reddish-brown color, and do not have eye spots, EurekAlert informs us.
As far as scientists can tell, these arachnids feed on whatever small insects happen to cross their path while they're busy going about their business in Brazil's limestone caves.
The two species are now referred to as Rowlandius ubajara and Rowlandius potiguar. Both belong to the arachnid order Schizomida.
Despite their being named whipscorpions, these arachnids are not poisonous. In fact, it seems that they don't even sport a sting.