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|  #1 Posted on 2.12.05 1222.09 | Instant Rating: 4.73 | ... thank goodness it lived 330 million years ago!
Tracks of extinct, giant scorpion found in Scotland
"LONDON, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Tracks made 330 million years ago by a six-legged water scorpion bigger than a human have been found in Scotland.
"Martin Whyte, the geologist at the University of Sheffield in northern England who discovered the tracks, said on Wednesday they were left by a scorpion that measured 1.6 metres (5 ft 3 inches) in length and one metre across."
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| #2 Posted on 2.12.05 2324.01 | Instant Rating: 8.08 | Such a creature would make a worthy foe for Spider-Man!
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