Proof of Claw Shrimp???

Pmoney117

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7104421.stm

Big claws on 'em.
Live real deep.
Big as a man.

This article has it all. Did the infamous claw shrimp really exist?

From comic 2002/06/19.

PiptheFair

390

isn't that cambrian era?

Rankenphile

but how do they taste?

bent

let me know when they're available to eat

edit: beaten

PiptheFair

I mean, didn't the cambrian era have like the greatest species diversity ever


so

you know

a big fucking sea scorpion ain't no thing

Filler Inc.

They also said this suggest that bugs, SPIDERS INCLUDED, might have been bigger then we thought.

Man sized spiders people.


MAN FUCKING SIZED SPIDERS.


THAT IS THE STUFF OF FILLERS NIGHTMARES AND YOUR NIGHTMARES TOO IF YOU KNOW WHAT TO FEAR.

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snap

they were big insects, not big shrimp

Garlic Bread

Filler Inc. wrote: »

They also said this suggest that bugs, SPIDERS INCLUDED, might have been bigger then we thought.

Man sized spiders people.


MAN FUCKING SIZED SPIDERS.


THAT IS THE STUFF OF FILLERS NIGHTMARES AND YOUR NIGHTMARES TOO IF YOU KNOW WHAT TO FEAR.

i think i'd be more afraid of tiny spiders than man-sized ones

man-sized spiders are like big brute guards

tiny ones are like deadly ninjas

Anime Owns

ohhh it's from a pa strip I get it I get things

bent

the world needs man-sized spiders, horses are so 1800's

naporeon

It is unlikely that wholly terrestrial arachnids or insects were ever anywhere near that large.

They breath through tracheal diffusion, which prevents their ever getting very big.

Skull Man

I thought this thread was going to be about digimon

Garlic Bread

naporeon wrote: »

It is unlikely that wholly terrestrial arachnids or insects were ever anywhere near that large.

They breath through tracheal diffusion, which prevents their ever getting very big.

shit, my ever's pretty big i hope it doesn't fall off

snap

naporeon wrote: »

It is unlikely that wholly terrestrial arachnids or insects were ever anywhere near that large.

They breath through tracheal diffusion, which prevents their ever getting very big.

yeah, but that's what the article is saying. Big insects. I wonder how, then?

Jordyn

Gym wrote: »

ohhh it's from a pa strip I get it I get things

But which one?

It shall remain a mystery.

Filler Inc.

Keith wrote: »

Filler Inc. wrote: »

They also said this suggest that bugs, SPIDERS INCLUDED, might have been bigger then we thought.

Man sized spiders people.


MAN FUCKING SIZED SPIDERS.


THAT IS THE STUFF OF FILLERS NIGHTMARES AND YOUR NIGHTMARES TOO IF YOU KNOW WHAT TO FEAR.

i think i'd be more afraid of tiny spiders than man-sized ones

man-sized spiders are like big brute guards

tiny ones are like deadly ninjas

Ninjas that you can kill with a shoe, or a news paper.

What kind of shoe you gonna use against a giant man sized spider?

Better be a big fuckin shoe keith.

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snap

Koshian wrote: »

snap wrote: »

they were big insects, not big shrimp

scorpions aren't insects

well, i know.

the article suggests that other arachnids and insects also grew to be this large

Abraham F. Hawk

Koshian wrote: »

snap wrote: »

they were big insects, not big shrimp

scorpions aren't insects

Insects aren't scorpions.

Butters

snap

i was stung by a scorpion twice. On the neck and then on the nipple

naporeon

snap wrote: »

naporeon wrote: »

It is unlikely that wholly terrestrial arachnids or insects were ever anywhere near that large.

They breath through tracheal diffusion, which prevents their ever getting very big.

yeah, but that's what the article is saying. Big insects. I wonder how, then?

Their aquatic relatives breath differently. Look at lobsters, for example.

But even the larger MODERN insects and arachnids rely on secondary systems, such as abdominal "flexing", to force enough oxygen into their systems.

Garlic Bread

is that a spider getting attacked by smaller spiders?

Skull Man

one time a grandaddy-long-legs fell into my open mouth when I was talking and looking up

since then I have a certain phobia of them

PiptheFair

fuck you butters

Aneurhythmia

PiptheFair wrote: »

I mean, didn't the cambrian era have like the greatest species diversity ever


so

you know

a big fucking sea scorpion ain't no thing

There are actually several interesting documentaries about this.

TheySlashThem

Butters

naporeon wrote: »

It is unlikely that wholly terrestrial arachnids or insects were ever anywhere near that large.

They breath through tracheal diffusion, which prevents their ever getting very big.

Also exoskeletons are very dense so a spider or insect the size of a man wouldn't even have the strength to lift itself off the ground.

Aneurhythmia

naporeon wrote: »

snap wrote: »

naporeon wrote: »

It is unlikely that wholly terrestrial arachnids or insects were ever anywhere near that large.

They breath through tracheal diffusion, which prevents their ever getting very big.

yeah, but that's what the article is saying. Big insects. I wonder how, then?

Their aquatic relatives breath differently. Look at lobsters, for example.

But even the larger MODERN insects and arachnids rely on secondary systems, such as abdominal "flexing", to force enough oxygen into their systems.

Fuck lobsters.

PiptheFair

Aneurhythmia wrote: »

PiptheFair wrote: »

I mean, didn't the cambrian era have like the greatest species diversity ever


so

you know

a big fucking sea scorpion ain't no thing

There are actually several interesting documentaries about this.

clever girl

snap

Skull Man wrote: »

one time a grandaddy-long-legs fell into my open mouth when I was talking and looking up

since then I have a certain phobia of them

oh shit

Phonehand

snap wrote: »

i was stung by a scorpion twice. On the neck and then on the nipple

snap

Skull Man

a man went to a five dollar lady of the evening

the next day he went back and said, hey, you gave me crabs

and the lady of the evening said, it was five dollars

what did you expect, lobsters?

Filler Inc.

Phonehand wrote: »

snap wrote: »

i was stung by a scorpion twice. On the neck and then on the nipple

snap

Awwww.

Lil fella was just trying some foreplay.

Butters

Keith wrote: »

is that a spider getting attacked by smaller spiders?

Nope. Babies.

PiptheFair wrote: »

fuck you butters

PiptheFair

what were those shrimp that can create a concavence

bent

mantis shrimp or something

naporeon

Aneurhythmia wrote: »

naporeon wrote: »

snap wrote: »

naporeon wrote: »

It is unlikely that wholly terrestrial arachnids or insects were ever anywhere near that large.

They breath through tracheal diffusion, which prevents their ever getting very big.

yeah, but that's what the article is saying. Big insects. I wonder how, then?

Their aquatic relatives breath differently. Look at lobsters, for example.

But even the larger MODERN insects and arachnids rely on secondary systems, such as abdominal "flexing", to force enough oxygen into their systems.

Fuck lobsters.

What I want to know is how someone could have ever caught one of those and thought, "You know what I should do with this crab with a 10 or 12 foot legspan? Eat it."

Monkeybomb

horrifying spider pics should get people infractions

PiptheFair

naporeon wrote: »

Aneurhythmia wrote: »

naporeon wrote: »

snap wrote: »

naporeon wrote: »

It is unlikely that wholly terrestrial arachnids or insects were ever anywhere near that large.

They breath through tracheal diffusion, which prevents their ever getting very big.

yeah, but that's what the article is saying. Big insects. I wonder how, then?

Their aquatic relatives breath differently. Look at lobsters, for example.

But even the larger MODERN insects and arachnids rely on secondary systems, such as abdominal "flexing", to force enough oxygen into their systems.

Fuck lobsters.

What I want to know is how someone could have ever caught one of those and though, "You know what I should do with this crab with a 10 or 12 foot legspan? Eat it."

japan