Come on, an 8 foot scorpion!!!

[Wetzelbill]

That isn't even cool. I have been looking for scorpions all morning after I saw that thing on tv. Imagine running into that thing in a dark alley. Thank Bukowski they don't roll like that anymore.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071121/ap_on_sc/biggest_bug_ever

[DarkTirade]

1. I know a certain island where that would fit right in...

and a certain gorilla on that island who would be big enough to squash it. :)

[Wetzelbill]

2. I was trying to think of a Bush/Chimp joke

but I failed miserably. :)

[NewJeffCT]

3. Saw a Discover Channel show a few months back

Entitled "Before the Dinosaurs" that featured some of the earliest animals on earth - you know, from almost 6,000 years ago according to Mike Huckabee.

But, they did talk about giant scorpions extensively, as well as giant spiders and dragonflies... very well done overall, but I think they mentioned 2 foot long scorpions and 5 foot long ones, not 8 footers.

http://shopping.discovery.com/product-59634.html

A bit more here:
http://www.streettech.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1000&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

[Wetzelbill]

4. yeah they just found this thing

like yesterday or something.

Those shows are always interesting. My little brother watched them all the time while growing up, he was telling me a few times about this giant goat thing. It sounded creepy. Imagine walking out your door and encountering a giant goat. That would be effed up.

[DarkTirade]

5. Imagine your even greater surprise when it was hitched to a chariot

and Thor was glaring down at you... :)

[redqueen]

6. That is extremely cool!

:bounce:

[flvegan]

7. But the earth is only 6,000 years old.

How could a fossil be found in rocks "390 million years old"?

I hope our good president-in-waiting Huckabee debunks this, and soon!

[Deep13]

11. Exactly! n/t

[sniffa]

8. Clash of the Titans already did it

[supernova]

9. OK, now that I know

it's a fossil, it's cool.

If it were alive, :puke: :scared; because it would be 3 ft taller than me!

[Deep13]

10. It's just more crap that contradicts the Bible.

When will science stop telling me my bronze-age mythical beliefs are wrong? It is so intolerant.