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Man Sized Sea Scorpion Fossil Found

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the try-saying-that-four-time-frantic dept.

hereisnowhy writes "A giant fossilized claw discovered in Germany belonged to an ancient sea scorpion that was much bigger than the average man, an international team of geologists and archaeologists reported Tuesday. In a report in the Royal Society's journal Biology Letters, the team said the claw indicates that sea scorpion Jaekelopterus rhenania was almost 2.5 meters long, making it the largest arthropod — an animal with a segmented body, jointed limbs and a hard exoskeleton — ever found. In the report, the authors said the scorpion exceeds previous size records for arthropods by almost half a meter."

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  1. Man Sized? by tak+amalak · · Score: 5, Funny

    Try double-man sized. That thing must weigh 4 times what a man weights. 2 times what an American weighs.

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  2. Seriously... f@#k that by bmajik · · Score: 5, Funny

    You're telling me scorpions, which are scary enough at 2 inches in length, used to run around here at 2.5 meters in length ?

    I'll tell you what happened..

    Whatever sentinent life showed up here a long time ago basically said "return to the ship and nuke the site from orbit"

    And you know what? They were right.

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  3. Ants vs Scorpions by seyyah · · Score: 5, Funny

    Jesus Christ. Where are our ant overlords when we need them?

  4. Re:Is this that unusual? by kilo_foxtrot84 · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, how do they serve them? Obediently.