Source: Science Daily
Link: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071120195710.htm
Title: "Giant Fossil Sea Scorpion Bigger Than Man"
Date: Novermber 20, 2007
Positively Cthulhian: Giant sea scorpion.
I'm not sure, though, that the previous estimates of a two-meter scorpion make me feel any better. Just remember this the next time you're our for lobster.
Link: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071120195710.htm
Title: "Giant Fossil Sea Scorpion Bigger Than Man"
Date: Novermber 20, 2007
Positively Cthulhian: Giant sea scorpion.
The discovery of a giant fossilised claw from an ancient sea scorpion indicates that when alive it would have been about two and a half meters long, much taller than the average man ....
.... Some geologists believe that giant arthropods evolved due to higher levels of oxygen in the atmosphere in the past. Others, that they evolved in an 'arms race' alongside their likely prey, the early armoured fish.
'There is no simple single explanation', explains Braddy. 'It is more likely that some ancient arthropods were big because there was little competition from the vertebrates, as we see today. If the amount of oxygen in the atmosphere suddenly increased, it doesn't mean all the bugs would get bigger.'
(Science Daily)
I'm not sure, though, that the previous estimates of a two-meter scorpion make me feel any better. Just remember this the next time you're our for lobster.
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