@Ponderable saidWeird timing to read this, I just got stung on the finger by one four days ago for the first time cleaning up some branches in a pile. It was very painful, intense, similar to a hornet sting, the knot on the top finger joint is still there. I was very happy to find him 30 minutes later and he paid dearly😁.
There is an interesting article on metal inclusion into Scorpions claws and stingers:
https://phys.org/news/2026-04-scorpions-weapons-fortified-metal.html