Still Waters Posted April 21, 2010 #1 Share Posted April 21, 2010 A cast is being made of tracks left by a two-metre long ancient animal in north east Fife.The tracks were made by a giant six-legged water scorpion called Hibbertopterus as it crawled over damp sand about 330 million years ago. It is the largest known walking trackway of a eurypterid or any invertebrate animal. The tracks were discovered by Dr Martin Whyte from the University of Sheffield while he was out walking. Scottish Natural Heritage, which is funding the project, described the find as unique and internationally important because the creature was gigantic. Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougal Posted April 21, 2010 #2 Share Posted April 21, 2010 I would not like to run into that beastie down a dark alley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuronin Posted April 21, 2010 #3 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Sea Scorpions, unique creatures, though it is related more to crabs than true scorpions they still have a sting.....2 meters of something like that can be really terrifying ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Child of the light Posted April 21, 2010 #4 Share Posted April 21, 2010 A giant scorpion? That is some awsome (censored)! lol I like scorpions but I don't really know why... but I do agree with Samuronin that the creature does seem to be more related to craps than scorpions, even if they have the same appearance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZixXxy Posted April 21, 2010 #5 Share Posted April 21, 2010 I wonder how they taste Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.B. Posted April 21, 2010 #6 Share Posted April 21, 2010 I wonder how they taste This is probably the creature that evolved into modern lobsters, among other things, so I don't think it'd taste bad if cooked right, lol. It was on land that arthropods evolved into insects. And fish evolved into amphibians > dinosaurs > mammals/birds. That's what I'd seen on TV at any rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Child of the light Posted April 22, 2010 #7 Share Posted April 22, 2010 Since they are just more like giant lobsters I'd say that they would taste none the less like lobsters or shrimp. Strange thing is that I use to eat shrimp at my friends place one night and the next morning I woke up I had a pure hatred for shrimp and I'm not exactly sure why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfrmboy Posted April 22, 2010 #8 Share Posted April 22, 2010 Yum! A little lemon and hot drawn butter...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaneSilvermoon Posted April 23, 2010 #9 Share Posted April 23, 2010 My scorpion is too big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cosmic Fluke Posted April 23, 2010 #10 Share Posted April 23, 2010 Headline FAIL "'Gigantic scorpion' fossil found in Fife" um, how about no? they found tracks, not a scorpion fossil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Msparx Posted June 3, 2010 #11 Share Posted June 3, 2010 Holy crap! First Brontoscorpio, now this beastie? How big can they get? You'd think the atmosphere would have to be super-super-charged with oxygen in order to produce something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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