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Title: Big freakin' scorpion.
Post by: Pugnate on Thursday, November 22, 2007, 11:44:53 PM

I saw this on TV the other day. Would have been cool if they still existed:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7104421.stm

Title: Re: Big freakin' scorpion.
Post by: Antares on Saturday, November 24, 2007, 10:47:37 AM

Huge, but it's a sissy looking scorpion.

Title: Re: Big freakin' scorpion.
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, November 25, 2007, 08:00:12 AM

Scorpion from MK series??? :P

Title: Re: Big freakin' scorpion.
Post by: Pugnate on Sunday, November 25, 2007, 08:27:38 AM

Yes.

Title: Re: Big freakin' scorpion.
Post by: shock on Sunday, November 25, 2007, 11:23:13 AM

I'd run

Title: Re: Big freakin' scorpion.
Post by: Quemaqua on Sunday, November 25, 2007, 12:54:45 PM

If I had the time, I'd totally draw a picture of what it *actually* is: a tiny little guy that just happened to have evolved one huge claw to impress the ladies.  He fooled us all.

Title: Re: Big freakin' scorpion.
Post by: Cobra951 on Sunday, November 25, 2007, 03:09:06 PM

Hahaha!  I was thinking along those lines myself.  Arthropods usually breathe through their skin, and that limits their max size (surface area: power-2 function; mass: power-3 function).  It seemed unlikely to me that it could have been that huge, but who knows.  Maybe this one had gills.

Title: Re: Big freakin' scorpion.
Post by: Xessive on Tuesday, November 27, 2007, 04:07:06 AM

Hmm, that could kinda explain Dr. Zoidberg.. Although he's a lobster.