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Scientists Uncover Fossil of Biggest Bug Ever at 8 Feet Long
Fox News ^
| 11-21-07
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....
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
TOPICS: History; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; paleontology
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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posted on
11/21/2007 10:36:53 AM PST
by
Renfield
To: blam; SunkenCiv
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posted on
11/21/2007 10:37:19 AM PST
by
Renfield
(Turning apples into venison since 1999!)
To: Renfield
Wonder how it tastes with drawn butter.
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posted on
11/21/2007 10:38:56 AM PST
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3rd Bn. 5th Marines, RVN 1969. St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
To: ConorMacNessa
Somewhere between granite and basalt, I gather.
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posted on
11/21/2007 10:40:33 AM PST
by
1rudeboy
To: 1rudeboy
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posted on
11/21/2007 10:44:16 AM PST
by
Tulsa Ramjet
("If not now, when?" "Because it's judgment that defeats us.")
To: Renfield
Where?
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posted on
11/21/2007 10:44:32 AM PST
by
big'ol_freeper
("Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not." ~ Thomas Jefferson)
To: big'ol_freeper
To: Renfield
We’re going to need a bigger can of Raid.
To: blam; SunkenCiv
Who knew Fox had an archive:
Evolution and Paleontology
Dinosaurs, Cavemen and Mammoths
If it ever slithered, scurried or soared in Earth's distant past, it's on FOXNews.com's Evolution & Paleontology page
To: Renfield
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posted on
11/21/2007 10:49:23 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Profile updated Sunday, November 18, 2007"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: Renfield
"Let me at him..."
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posted on
11/21/2007 11:00:50 AM PST
by
weegee
(End the Bush-Bush-Bush-Clinton/Clinton-Clinton/Clinton-Bush-Bush-Clinton/Clinton Oligarchy 1980-2012)
To: ConorMacNessa
I know some cajuns who probably have a pot big enough for that sucker...
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posted on
11/21/2007 11:01:36 AM PST
by
weegee
(End the Bush-Bush-Bush-Clinton/Clinton-Clinton/Clinton-Bush-Bush-Clinton/Clinton Oligarchy 1980-2012)
To: Renfield
I saw the movie scorpion king
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posted on
11/21/2007 11:02:37 AM PST
by
edcoil
(Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
To: weegee
*puts feet on desk*
To: Hunterite
YIKES!
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posted on
11/21/2007 11:05:12 AM PST
by
weegee
(End the Bush-Bush-Bush-Clinton/Clinton-Clinton/Clinton-Bush-Bush-Clinton/Clinton Oligarchy 1980-2012)
To: Renfield; Revolting cat!
Does this constitute a Friday thread?
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posted on
11/21/2007 11:05:58 AM PST
by
weegee
(End the Bush-Bush-Bush-Clinton/Clinton-Clinton/Clinton-Bush-Bush-Clinton/Clinton Oligarchy 1980-2012)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Good to know, I’ll have to grab that.
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posted on
11/21/2007 11:22:06 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Profile updated Sunday, November 18, 2007"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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07/14/2009 5:56:46 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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