Newb

[Mr. Quick]

Hello All. I am new here. I will do an introduction post at some point. I am not going to hijack the OP's post.

Here's my question. Isn't it possible that the scorp's stinger could have been lost in a fight with another scorpion or some other accident?

 

[Mr. Mordax]

I suppose that's possible, as the OP said it was just the pointy part that's missing and not the entire segment.

 

[Aztek]

Yes that's plausible.
Hitting it against something very hard?

 

[Mr. Mordax]

There's also the jostling and packing of large numbers during export from Africa.