Fossil tracks of two-meter-long scorpion found in Scotland

[DavidDvorkin]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/8632427.stm

The tracks were made by a giant six-legged water scorpion called Hibbertopterus as it crawled over damp sand about 330 million years ago.

Yow!

[applegrove]

1. I'm certainly glad bugs/critters have shrunk in size ore the years. LOL!

[supernova]

5. You & me both!

:D

:scared:

:D

[Lagomorph]

2. Once, in Texas...

We asked a woman where she got the scorpion jewelry for her hair. Turns out it wasn't jewelry, it had dropped out of a tree in the yard. It got exciting for a few minutes.

[htuttle]

3. I'm getting a Ray Harryhausen-visual thinking about this

[piedmont]

4. Reminds me of the "lobstrosities" in Stephen King's Dark Tower series. nt

[xchrom]

6. Yeeesh! Nt

[carlyhippy]

7. O M G I HATE scorpions!

I grew up in an area where scorpions were as normal as houseflies. When I go home to visit I am sooo jumpy and on edge, I just can feel those little scorpion eyes staring at me from under the furniture, in the grass, ack my skin is crawling just thinking about them, thank goodness they have shrunk in size over the years!!!!!!

[IDemo]

8. Ow.

[Juche]

9. I saw an evolutionary history video that had things like that once

It was awesome. I forget the name, but it streamed on netflix. It covered the age of giant insects, and that was really interesting.

[Maru Kitteh]

10. Ya shoulda seen da boots dey found it in!

[aikoaiko]

11. Sean Connery would kick its arse.

[lurky]

13. Zardoz!!!!!

Sorry, I just love shouting "Zardoz" for no reason...

[alfredo]

12. Nasty looking creature.

Talking about the tall one, not the shorter creature.

[DavidDvorkin]

14. Maybe it moved slowly

It wouldn't have needed to be fast. Its prey would have been paralyzed with fear. Well, I would have been, anyway.