Eldorado Posted December 21, 2021 #1 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Just days after the discovery of an extant millipede species with over a thousand legs in Australia, the world of diplopodology – the study of millipedes – is being rocked by a fossil find which has revealed the biggest millipede ever to have lived. The species, which scientists at the University of Cambridge said was “as big as a car”, apparently roamed what is now Northern England during the Carboniferous period – around 100 million years before the age of the dinosaurs. Back then, the land which became the cold, damp country we now know as Great Britain lay much closer to the equator, so Northumberland – where the fossil was found – would have had a more tropical climate. MSN 8 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoFish Posted December 21, 2021 #2 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Yikes. I don't even like the little ones. Don't want to imagine one that size. 3 2 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jethrofloyd Posted December 21, 2021 #3 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Luckily for us a meteor fell in Mexico 66 million years ago. And sent all sorts of the monsters into a fossil-history. 3 1 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+susieice Posted December 21, 2021 #4 Share Posted December 21, 2021 7 hours ago, XenoFish said: Yikes. I don't even like the little ones. Don't want to imagine one that size. I don't even want to look at the picture! I hate those things! They creep me right out! 3 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatetopa Posted December 21, 2021 #5 Share Posted December 21, 2021 7 hours ago, jethrofloyd said: Luckily for us a meteor fell in Mexico 66 million years ago. And sent all sorts of the monsters into a fossil-history. They were way back in the early days long before the dinosaurs, just a lobster dinner for velociraptors. Tyrannosaurs are closer in time to cell phones than to these weird crawlies. . 3 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nuclear Wessel Posted December 21, 2021 #6 Share Posted December 21, 2021 I’ll need a bigger flamethrower stat. 3 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatetopa Posted December 21, 2021 #7 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Maybe you could put a chair on them and ride them like an ATV carpet. OK, still creepy. 5 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoFish Posted December 21, 2021 #8 Share Posted December 21, 2021 19 minutes ago, Nuclear Wessel said: I’ll need a bigger flamethrower stat. 2 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperionxvii Posted December 21, 2021 #9 Share Posted December 21, 2021 (edited) That is the stuff of nightmares. Edited December 21, 2021 by Hyperionxvii 2 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon the frog Posted December 21, 2021 #10 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Don't know if it was tasting like crab ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon the frog Posted December 21, 2021 #11 Share Posted December 21, 2021 3 hours ago, XenoFish said: 1 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Posted December 22, 2021 #12 Share Posted December 22, 2021 *As long as cars. You don’t see many 50cm wide x 25cm tall cars getting around… Would be cool to see one of these critters. Time to extract DNA and get cloning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qxcontinuum Posted December 22, 2021 #13 Share Posted December 22, 2021 And that was because oxygen levels being 3 times higher than today 1 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amorlind Posted December 22, 2021 #14 Share Posted December 22, 2021 (edited) Indeed this is what often forgotten...the value of oxygen level on Earth rised during the 800-542 million years...at the end of this period coincidentally happened the Cambrian explosion leading to the apparition of those arthropods...quite a boost on diversity and size ;-) Edited December 22, 2021 by Amorlind 1 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abramelin Posted December 22, 2021 #15 Share Posted December 22, 2021 17 hours ago, Hyperionxvii said: That is the stuff of nightmares. That would be a centipede of the same size. Centipedes are fast hunters. Image one the size of a car. 3 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Grim Reaper 6 Posted December 22, 2021 #16 Share Posted December 22, 2021 8 minutes ago, Abramelin said: That would be a centipede of the same size. Centipedes are fast hunters. Image one the size of a car. Yea but they taste great, one that big would feed a village for week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Grim Reaper 6 Posted December 22, 2021 #17 Share Posted December 22, 2021 19 minutes ago, Abramelin said: That would be a centipede of the same size. Centipedes are fast hunters. Image one the size of a car. Here is a peer reviewed journal you may find interesting. The first true millipede—1306 legs long https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-02447-0 1 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom1200 Posted December 22, 2021 #18 Share Posted December 22, 2021 14 hours ago, Timothy said: *As long as cars. You don’t see many 50cm wide x 25cm tall cars getting around… Which is why you should always go back to the original source whenever possible. What the 'scientists from Cambridge University' actually said was: "This fossil was found in northern England. This species could grow as big as a car that is 2.5m long, 50cm wide and 25cm tall. We estimate these are the average dimensions of cars in northern England where things are gloomy and strange." Even though I've made that up it's in quotation marks so it must be true. You can make it even more true by naming some of the scientists involved. For credibility you should avoid northern-sounding names like Alf or Whippet because northerners are no good at science. Comparison with normal small car: Comparison with a hypothetical northern car: 1 1 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abramelin Posted December 22, 2021 #19 Share Posted December 22, 2021 5 hours ago, Manwon Lender said: Yea but they taste great, one that big would feed a village for week. You ate centipedes? Well, watch the next video, and imagine the centipede is the size of a car. I wonder who of the two, you or the centipede, will be eaten: 1 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abramelin Posted December 22, 2021 #20 Share Posted December 22, 2021 5 hours ago, Manwon Lender said: Here is a peer reviewed journal you may find interesting. The first true millipede—1306 legs long https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-02447-0 You do know the difference between a millipede and a centipede, right? It's not just the number of legs... 1 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmccr8 Posted December 22, 2021 #21 Share Posted December 22, 2021 Get A pair of them strap on on each foot and go off roading. 1 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Grim Reaper 6 Posted December 23, 2021 #22 Share Posted December 23, 2021 6 hours ago, Abramelin said: You ate centipedes? Well, watch the next video, and imagine the centipede is the size of a car. I wonder who of the two, you or the centipede, will be eaten: Yes I have eaten things that would scare most people during my travels around the world! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Grim Reaper 6 Posted December 23, 2021 #23 Share Posted December 23, 2021 6 hours ago, Abramelin said: You do know the difference between a millipede and a centipede, right? It's not just the number of legs... Honestly not really. But they all taste the same just like Chicken! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abramelin Posted December 23, 2021 #24 Share Posted December 23, 2021 11 minutes ago, Manwon Lender said: Honestly not really. But they all taste the same just like Chicken! All 'peer reviewed', no doubt. 2 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Grim Reaper 6 Posted December 23, 2021 #25 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Just now, Abramelin said: All 'peer reviewed', no doubt. what the hell is a peer reviewed taste! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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