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2.5m Water Scorpion Stalks Southern Africa

Posted by Hemos on from the stalking-the-coastline dept.

MeredihtJT writes: "The giant water scorpion well over two metres long made its way slowly over the sea floor, about 100m to 200m below the surface of the water. It would take another 260 million years for South African Palaentologist, geologist and 'pizza-maker' Roger Smith to find it."

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  1. Re:Read the Article? by felipeal · · Score: 2, Insightful

    In any case, I keep envisioning a bad, B-movie horror flick starring this dude. "Giant Scorpions Attack!"

    Or maybe The Scorpion King ...

  2. Bin Laden by kiwipeso · · Score: 0, Insightful

    This news just in, Osama Bin laden is now rumored to be cloning extinct scorpions to terrorise the united states of america.

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