Wednesday, November 30, 2005

Water Scorpion Fossil Found in Scotland

A regular scorpion. A scientist poring over 330-million-year-old tracks in a layer of sandstone in Scotland believes they were made by an extraordinary water scorpion that was as big as a man(AFP/File/Jimin Lai) COMMENTARY
I wonder if this is kin to the bog scorpion the bog snorkellers are so afraid of?

NEWSBYTE
Water Scorpion Fossil Found in Scotland
LONDON Nov 30, 2005 (AP) -- A scientist in Scotland has discovered tracks made by a huge water scorpion 330 million years ago, the first of the species ever discovered and the only evidence showing it could survive outside of the water, according to the journal Nature's edition to be published Thursday.

TENSION: Who let the bog out?
GRAVITY: Mucked up


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