[Scarlett156]

There is a reconstruction of the original millipede and a great photo of the segment. The segment was probably molted off this giant millipede. That was about the size (not weight, but it was heavy, too) of a car.

I still like the sea scorpions, by the way.

[Steely Tom]

For some reason that headline made me instantly think of Monty Python.

[BusterDog]

I wish they would come back.

[metmom]

Considering how big cars are in England, that’s not saying much.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Now that’s the stuff of nightmares!

[Paladin2]

Global warming of major proportions now does seem to be existential risk...

[Giant bugs]

[monkeyshine]

And now you know why Newcastle Brown Ale tastes so good.

[SauronOfMordor]

Considering that insects do not have lungs, but must absorb oxygen thru tubes going through their bodies, it limits the size they can achieve.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respiratory_system_of_insects

Either these millipedes had some very different structures, or the atmospheric oxygen level was very different those days.

[Army Air Corps]

This sounds like the premise for a Roger Corman film!

[gitmo]

Good thing millipedes aren’t venomous. But they are poisonous. So don’t eat one of those giant millipedes.

[x]

English cars are pretty small, and were probably even smaller back in the Carboniferous period ...

[HighSierra5]

Gives new meaning for Roach Coach.

[Cincinnatus.45-70]

They drive pretty small cars in England.

[njslim]

The O2 content of the atmosphere was 33 % vs 20.9 for today

The extra O2 made it possible for insects to grow to gigantic size as nsects breath through holes in their side

[hellinahandcart]

That reminds me, we never saw the new Dune movie.