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Ancient 8-Foot Sea Scorpions Probably Were Pussycats
Live Science ^
| 12/30/2010
| Charles Q. Choi
Posted on 01/03/2011 10:07:49 AM PST by Silentgypsy
Ancient sea scorpions included the largest and arguably most frightening bug-like creatures known to have lived on Earth, but despite their fearsome claws, these giants might actually have been creampuffs, scientists think.
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TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: ancient; arthropods; godsgravesglyphs; paleontology; rockulikeahurricane; scorpions; sea
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To: Silentgypsy; SunkenCiv
We could call them Blast-Ended Skrewts.
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posted on
01/03/2011 10:13:12 AM PST
by
GeronL
To: Silentgypsy
Imagine these on your Shrimp-platter!
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posted on
01/03/2011 10:14:11 AM PST
by
OneWingedShark
(Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
To: Silentgypsy
The scientists analyzed claws from a group of one of the largest sea scorpions, Acutiramus, which lived about 416 million to 419 million years ago in what is now New York and Ontario, Canada. They calculated that the pincers could only safely apply no more than 5 newtons of force without damaging themselves. So, 400 million years ago New York had what were basically 8 foot long cockroaches that ate Fig Newtons.
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posted on
01/03/2011 10:15:16 AM PST
by
6SJ7
(atlasShruggedInd = TRUE)
To: Silentgypsy
Boiled with melted butter...Mmmmmm!
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posted on
01/03/2011 10:16:58 AM PST
by
LibFreeOrDie
(Obama promised a gold mine, but will give us the shaft.)
To: Silentgypsy
I should have been a pair of ragged claws
Scuttling across the floors of silent seas.
— TS Eliot
To: Silentgypsy
I wonder if PETA wrote this, what with their whole “sea kittehs” thing...
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posted on
01/03/2011 10:17:23 AM PST
by
GraceG
To: Silentgypsy
These monstrous pterygotids were believed to be terrors of the seas 470 million to 370 million years ago, long before the dinosaurs appeared, reaching more than 8 feet (2.5 meters) long with large claws laden with sharp spines. We'll be needing the giant economy size ...
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posted on
01/03/2011 10:18:24 AM PST
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: Silentgypsy
Pussycats are creampuffs? They haven’t met Her Royal Highness Ruler of the Universe who thinks nothing of whuppin’ up on the 90 pound bear here.
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posted on
01/03/2011 10:18:44 AM PST
by
bgill
(K Parliament- how could a young man born in Kenya who is not even a native American become the POTUS)
To: OneWingedShark
Looks like a giant slipper lobster.
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posted on
01/03/2011 10:19:02 AM PST
by
stuartcr
(When politicians politicize issues, aren't they just doing their job?)
To: Silentgypsy
They say that the globe might be getting warmer too.
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posted on
01/03/2011 10:19:02 AM PST
by
Delta 21
(If you cant tell if I'm being sarcastic...maybe I'm not.)
To: LibFreeOrDie
If I had a time machine I would open a seafood resteraunt that would specialize in very ancient, very large, seafood....
Now I know WHY they went extinct, LOL.
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posted on
01/03/2011 10:19:30 AM PST
by
GraceG
To: Silentgypsy
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posted on
01/03/2011 10:22:17 AM PST
by
pgyanke
(Republicans get in trouble when not living up to their principles. Democrats... when they do.)
To: OneWingedShark
Tastes just like chicken.
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posted on
01/03/2011 11:03:47 AM PST
by
frithguild
(The Democrat Party Brand - Big Government protecting Entrenched Interests from Competition)
To: GeronL
I was about to reply, "I'll be Hagred said the same thing about 'Blast-Ended Skrewts.'"
Ya beat me to it!
Mark
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posted on
01/03/2011 11:09:01 AM PST
by
MarkL
(Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
To: MarkL
lol.
They be harmless really, cute things aren’t they?
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posted on
01/03/2011 11:10:58 AM PST
by
GeronL
To: Silentgypsy
Find a bone...
...sketch a creature...
...speculate endlessly on its personality...
...all at taxpayer expense.
To: Silentgypsy
Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
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posted on
01/03/2011 11:52:17 AM PST
by
The Comedian
(Government: Saving people from freedom since time immemorial.)
To: Silentgypsy
I’ve seen the original fossils of honking big eurypterids, and nobody can convince me that these could be anything but terrifying.
To: warchild9
Their pincers are supposed to be capable of a pressure of 5 newtons, whatever that means, as opposed to that of the jaws of T rex (200K newtons.) Don’t quote me on the figures.
Visualize walking one on a leash....
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