A computer-generated image issued by the University of Bristol shows a size comparison between a human and the ancient sea scorpion.
Posted on 11/21/2007 10:36:51 AM PST by Renfield
British scientists have stumbled across a fossilized claw, part of an ancient sea scorpion, that is of such large proportion it would make the entire creature the biggest bug ever.
How big? Bigger than you, and at 8 feet long as big as some Smart cars....
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A computer-generated image issued by the University of Bristol shows a size comparison between a human and the ancient sea scorpion.
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Wonder how it tastes with drawn butter.
Somewhere between granite and basalt, I gather.
ha!
Where?
LOL!
We’re going to need a bigger can of Raid.
If it ever slithered, scurried or soared in Earth's distant past, it's on FOXNews.com's Evolution & Paleontology page
Thanks Renfield.
Scientists find fossil of enormous bug
AP via YAHOO! | 11-20-07 | THOMAS WAGNER
Posted on 11/20/2007 10:45:12 PM EST by Pharmboy
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1928675/posts
"Let me at him..."
I know some cajuns who probably have a pot big enough for that sucker...
I saw the movie scorpion king
Does this constitute a Friday thread?
Good to know, I’ll have to grab that.
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