Scientists find fossil of enormous bug

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Huge scorpion find points to existence of giant spiders

Found in a German quarry, the claw is 46cm (18ins) long, suggesting the sea scorpion was 2.5m (8ft) long - almost two feet longer that it was previously thought the aquatic creatures grew to. Because land-based scorpions and spiders are believed to have descended from the sea scorpion, scientist believe the discovery means that they also may have been even bigger than had been believed.

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Imagine finding one of those critters in your stokies!



Edit: Um, don't know what happened to my title - but it should read "Huge scorpion find points to existence of giant spiders" or similar, if any mods read this.

 

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An 8ft scorpion might be a little hard to stand on.

I might need to get a step-ladder and jump on it.

 

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Hand me the baseball bat

 

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• Nov 21, 2007

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I'm running on water already!!

Geez!!

My nerves!!!!!!!!!

 

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yikes

 

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Also a tad difficult to hide in shoes and the like

 

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Well, if it fits into your shoe.... you would be a MAYOR hit in the porn industry

 

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• Nov 21, 2007

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egad

 

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LoneRanger said:

Well, if it fits into your shoe.... you would be a MAYOR hit in the porn industry

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How do you know he isn't already?

 

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• Nov 21, 2007

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I really don't like lobsters



By the way I know this is scorpions, but I don't like lobsters.

 

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• Nov 21, 2007

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Im Subzero- i hate Scorpians

 

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• Nov 21, 2007

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chiskop said:

Edit: Um, don't know what happened to my title - but it should read "Huge scorpion find points to existence of giant spiders" or similar, if any mods read this.

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Thread Title edited.

 

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• Nov 21, 2007

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thanks BTTB

 

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f4ntom said:

I really don't like lobsters



By the way I know this is scorpions, but I don't like lobsters.

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Click on my link, that thing is ugly... and the lobster ain't that good looking either

 

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How big? Bigger than you, and at 8 feet long as big as some Smart cars.

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LINK

 

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• Nov 21, 2007

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gonna get that chick in the hyundai add to stomp me a mean bug

 

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• Nov 22, 2007

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Im Subzero- i hate Scorpians

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*lol*

...wait, am i the only guy who caught that?

 

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• Nov 22, 2007

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Voicy said:

*lol*

...wait, am i the only guy who caught that?

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Flawless Victory...

I'm still trying to calculate the amount of Doom it'll take to get rid of that sucker...

 

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• Nov 22, 2007

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oh apologies, i did not know this thread was posted

 

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• Dec 2, 2007

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giant sea scorpions.. mammoths...
eish.. imagine ordering a surf 'n turf in those dayz