Fossil of 8-foot Scorpion Found!

[Lubaolong]

Originally Posted by GermanBJJ

Man isn't quite old enough to have had to worry about something like this fossil.

There's the saber tooth cats.

[GermanBJJ]

Originally Posted by Lubaolong

There's the saber tooth cats.

Saber-toothed cats were cool, no doubt, but they weren't that much different than big cats, at least the ones that would have been around early hominids or modern man.

But an 8-foot sea scorpion? That would have made early-GermanBJJ shit his pants had we been around at the same time.

[Lubaolong]

Originally Posted by GermanBJJ

Saber-toothed cats were cool, no doubt, but they weren't that much different than big cats, at least the ones that would have been around early hominids or modern man.

But an 8-foot sea scorpion? That would have made early-GermanBJJ shit his pants had we been around at the same time.

Well, they are pretty similar I guess, but they are from different subfamilies, like a deer compared to a moose. It was the only extinct predator I could think of that coexisted with modern man.

[smasheroffaces]

i wonder if they taste like lobster 8 foot long lobster would be sweet....with some butter on it even

[SpacePotato]

Originally Posted by Jerseyfresh84

holy fuck. imagine if bugs were that size today? wow cool find thanks

Didn't someone already make a movie about this?

Anyway, I won't be really impressed until they find giant fossilized cans of Raid near the scorpion nest.

[Lubaolong]

That will be sweet when (if) the day comes that they are able to clone some of the extinct animals/hominids.

[SchoolyardChoke]

Originally Posted by Lubaolong

That will be sweet when (if) the day comes that they are able to clone some of the extinct animals/hominids.

This has "bad idea" written all over it if not conducted correctly in a closed environment. The last thing I want to see is a T-Rex roaming Times Square in NYC.

[Xenu**]

Originally Posted by GermanBJJ

Saber-toothed cats were cool, no doubt, but they weren't that much different than big cats, at least the ones that would have been around early hominids or modern man.

But an 8-foot sea scorpion? That would have made early-GermanBJJ shit his pants had we been around at the same time.

I'm pretty sure that some of today's sea faring apex predators would make short work of this scorpion. I can't see this thing fighting off an orca or 25ft great white. Hell, maybe a giant octopus could take it.

[Lubaolong]

I would keep one chained in my yard and train it to be a guard scorpion.

[Magooglie]

Originally Posted by SchoolyardChoke

This has "bad idea" written all over it if not conducted correctly in a closed environment. The last thing I want to see is a T-Rex roaming Times Square in NYC.

I'd love to see one released in Africa trying to eat Rhinos and Elephants and fighting with a pride of lions.