ELI5. How are smaller scorpions more dangerous than big ones?

Question

In Mexico and keep l seeing em around, kinda freaky that I need to be worried about the smaller ones that are harder to see.

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Answer 1

Volume and concentration. Scientists think that smaller scorpions produce a more potent venom than the larger scorpions, but the other noteworthy theory is that the potency of the poison is the roughly the same for the scorpions, but since the larger ones produce more venom, the overall poison concentration is lower for the large ones and higher for the small ones.

Also, the smaller scorpions are apparently more volatile and less wary than larger scorpions, which makes them doubly dangerous.