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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.

1 posted on 11/21/2007 10:36:53 AM PST by Renfield
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To: blam; SunkenCiv

Paleontology Ping


2 posted on 11/21/2007 10:37:19 AM PST by Renfield (Turning apples into venison since 1999!)
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To: Renfield

Wonder how it tastes with drawn butter.


3 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!)
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To: ConorMacNessa

Somewhere between granite and basalt, I gather.


4 posted on 11/21/2007 10:40:33 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy

ha!


5 posted on 11/21/2007 10:44:16 AM PST by Tulsa Ramjet ("If not now, when?" "Because it's judgment that defeats us.")
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To: Renfield

Where?

6 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)
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To: big'ol_freeper

LOL!


7 posted on 11/21/2007 10:45:33 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: Renfield

We’re going to need a bigger can of Raid.


8 posted on 11/21/2007 10:47:49 AM PST by So Cal Rocket
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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

9 posted on 11/21/2007 10:48:32 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: Renfield

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


10 posted on 11/21/2007 10:49:23 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Profile updated Sunday, November 18, 2007"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Renfield
"Let me at him..."
11 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)
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To: ConorMacNessa

I know some cajuns who probably have a pot big enough for that sucker...


12 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)
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To: Renfield

I saw the movie scorpion king


13 posted on 11/21/2007 11:02:37 AM PST by edcoil (Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
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To: weegee
*puts feet on desk*

14 posted on 11/21/2007 11:03:49 AM PST by Hunterite
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To: Hunterite
YIKES!


15 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)
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To: Renfield; Revolting cat!

Does this constitute a Friday thread?


16 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)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Good to know, I’ll have to grab that.


17 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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18 posted on 07/14/2009 5:56:46 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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