Wowza! Big and old.
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LONDON —
This was a bug you couldn't swat and definitely couldn't step on. 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.
The discovery in 390-million-year-old rocks suggests that spiders, insects, crabs and similar creatures were far larger in the past than previously thought, said Simon Braddy, a University of Bristol paleontologist and one of the study's three authors.
"This is an amazing discovery," he said Tuesday.
www6.comcast.net/news/arti....Bug.Ever/
LONDON —
This was a bug you couldn't swat and definitely couldn't step on. 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.
The discovery in 390-million-year-old rocks suggests that spiders, insects, crabs and similar creatures were far larger in the past than previously thought, said Simon Braddy, a University of Bristol paleontologist and one of the study's three authors.
"This is an amazing discovery," he said Tuesday.
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Re: Big, Big Bug
Fri, November 23, 2007 - 9:57 AMAre we sure it was not a model for some 50's B sci-fi movie. Did it say "Property of Ed Wood" on it somewhere?
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Re: Big, Big Bug
Fri, November 23, 2007 - 10:24 AMThat is so nifty!
I can say that safely many millions of years between us. Wouldn't seem so nifty to be face to face with one!
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Re: Big, Big Bug
Sat, November 24, 2007 - 6:13 AMOMG, that was an interesting discovery and WOW ONE BIG BUG-----something I read, if you weighed in every
ant on the planet in comparison to humans, the ants would weigh more. If indeed the insect world
decides to rebel, we might be in a heap of trouble.
Especially if they reverted back to the BIG BUG days. Oh my!
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Re: Big, Big Bug
Sat, November 24, 2007 - 10:31 PMgreat...like i'm not already freaked out about the creepy crawly things.....ew...cool...but ew-ie none the less.
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