http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edi ... 632427.stm
That looks more like a horseshoe crab to me than a scorpion
Horseshoe Crab
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| Author: | Amnesia10 [ Wed Apr 21, 2010 9:44 am ] |
| Post subject: | 'Gigantic' scorpion fossil found in Fife |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edi ... 632427.stm That looks more like a horseshoe crab to me than a scorpion Horseshoe Crab
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| Author: | HeatherKay [ Wed Apr 21, 2010 10:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 'Gigantic' scorpion fossil found in Fife |
When you read the article it does say it's related to modern-day scorpions and horseshoe crabs. Still gives me the heebiejeebies. I don't like things with that many legs all joined together in a knobbly knot underneath. Eek! |
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| Author: | Amnesia10 [ Wed Apr 21, 2010 10:46 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 'Gigantic' scorpion fossil found in Fife |
Horseshoe crabs are so old that they have blood based on copper rather than iron that most animals have. They were about before the dinosaurs. 
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| Author: | ProfessorF [ Wed Apr 21, 2010 2:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 'Gigantic' scorpion fossil found in Fife |
And the whip rays at work find them delicious. |
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