{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":" Media Tech Brief By HackerNoon","title":"Languedocian Scorpion is big","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/fac001cc\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1711,"description":"\n        This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/languedocian-scorpion-is-big.\n             “I should like to see some cocoons. I have never seen any; I know them only by name. Could you get me some?” \n            Check more stories related to media at: https://hackernoon.com/c/media.\n            You can also check exclusive content about #science-fiction, #nature, #hackernoon-books, #project-gutenberg, #books, #jean-henri-fabre, #ebooks, #life-and-love-of-the-insect,  and more.\n            \n            \n            This story was written by: @jeanhenrifabre. Learn more about this writer by checking @jeanhenrifabre's about page,\n            and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com.\n            \n                \n                \n                Book-knowledge is a poor resource in the problems of life; assiduous converse with facts is preferable here to the best-stocked library. In many cases, ignorance is a good thing: the mind retains its freedom of investigation and does not stray along roads that lead nowhither, suggested by one’s reading. I have experienced this once again.\nAn anatomical monograph—the work, indeed, of a master—had told me that the Languedocian Scorpion is big with young in September. Oh, how much better should I have done not to consult it! The thing happens much earlier, at least in my part of the country; and, as the rearing does not last long, I should have seen nothing, had I tarried for September. A third year of observation, tiresome to wait for, would have become necessary, in order at last to witness a sight which I foresaw to be of the highest interest. But for exceptional circumstances, I should have allowed the fleeting opportunity to pass, lost a year and perhaps even abandoned the subject.\n        \n        ","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/xDjj43Rgf39suZ71hFZChar2GCP04ymXUWPagWTF1uk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQxNDI0LzE2ODM1/ODMwMzAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}