Scum warriors' claws can inject victims with the same poison. Even touching scum blood or meat is painful and life-threatening, requiring an immediate dose of antidote. The scum emperor was believed to be several thousand years old, and it was expected that it would take millennia for a new one to emerge after his death. Maggots are cared for by specialized nurses.
The eggs hatch into kitten-sized scum maggots, which resemble tiny adults. Under some circumstances, scum warriors are also capable of laying eggs. A scum king can, if necessary, spawn a scum queen and mate with her. Scum hatch from watermelon-sized eggs laid by scum queens and presumably fertilized by scum kings. Immature scum feed mainly on the feces of adult scum, although they can eat fresh meat if available. It is unknown how this "honey" is produced or how captives are converted into honeypots. Scum are also shown to eat a meat-based "honey" out of the bloated abdomens of living victims converted into a sort of organic honeypot. Scum are carnivores, often eating freshly killed victims on the spot. Additionally, they can go without air for so long that they can function in the vacuum of space.
Scum are functionally immune to poison and disease. Scum carapaces are shiny pitch-black, and those of scum warriors are substantially harder than steel. The legs of scum warriors form razor-sharp claws, but other scum variants have legs with different functions. The body is divided into 18 segments, each with a pair of legs. The basic scum body type resembles an extremely large centipede, about 10 feet (3 m) long.
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