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    This Is How a 300 Million-Year-Old Spider Looks (Spoiler: Bloody Scary)

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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    08/05/09

    In reply to This Is How a 300 Million-Year-Old Spider Looks (Spoiler: Bloody Scary)

    Well, if it's like... 10 feet tall I'd say yeah, it's scary.
    But if it's small like today's spider, I'd say it's pretty standard...
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    Image of Mark 2000 Mark 2000
    08/05/09

    In reply to This Is How a 300 Million-Year-Old Spider Looks (Spoiler: Bloody Scary)

    Not so scary. Looks like a Spiny Orb Weaver. They're harmless and adorable.
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    Image of phaota phaota
    08/05/09

    @Mark 2000: Only to you. Quite ugly to most, including myself.
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    Image of Margatron Margatron
    08/05/09

    @phaota: But it's mother still loves him.
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    Image of dimsum4u dimsum4u
    08/05/09

    @Mark 2000: curious though how big were the spiders back 300 million years ago? It might seem small in this rendering...but for all we know it was the size of our hands or bigger.
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    Image of caliaa caliaa
    08/05/09

    In reply to This Is How a 300 Million-Year-Old Spider Looks (Spoiler: Bloody Scary)
    I'm terrified of spiders but they're unbelievably fascinating from an evolutionary point of view. I mean, they've changed so little in such a long period.
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    Image of sharnaff is a sleep type pokemon sharnaff is a sleep type pokemon
    08/05/09

    In reply to This Is How a 300 Million-Year-Old Spider Looks (Spoiler: Bloody Scary)
    It was about that time I noticed that this Girl Scout was actually a 50 foot tall creature from the Paleozoic era.
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    Image of Die Fledermaus Die Fledermaus
    08/05/09

    In reply to This Is How a 300 Million-Year-Old Spider Looks (Spoiler: Bloody Scary)
    It is amazing how tick like they look. We had a fossilized spider at a museum I worked the body alone was the size of a small dog. It was as best anyone could make out fairly similar to todays arachnids. Of course todays arachnids don't make you want to get a leash and collar for them, well maybe the bird eating spiders.
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    08/05/09

    @Die Fledermaus: I officially hate you now. I was not an arachnophobe until this. I thought camel-spiders were bad, now this?
    you suck.
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    Image of MacBandit MacBandit
    08/05/09

    @DeusExMach may or may not be a star-bellied...:
    Camel spiders are fake.

    The spider species in the 3d image above only got to about the size of a quarter.
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    Image of Die Fledermaus Die Fledermaus
    08/05/09

    @DeusExMach may or may not be a star-bellied...:
    While this will not remove your concerns over spiders I have to retract my statement earlier. The species I had know has been revealed to be a sea scorpion. This is what I get for not keeping up on relevant paleontological information. I do not retract my thoughts on a leash and collar for bird eating spiders.
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    Image of Grinning Kestrel Grinning Kestrel
    08/05/09

    @MacBandit: Camel spiders aren't fake, but they're not spiders, or arachnids at all.
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    Image of DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star. DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
    08/05/09


    @Grinning Kestrel: I know they're not spiders... But they ARE arachnids. They're actually called Solifugae. They're man-hunter spiders (but really, they're just trying to stay in the shade of passing humans) And I call any creature with 8 or more legs a "FUCKING KILL IT!"
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    Image of MrEvil MrEvil
    08/05/09

    @DeusExMach may or may not be a star-bellied...: Yeah, that famous photo from the internets had a very good depth of field which makes gauging size to everything else in the photograph very difficult. Camel Spiders aren't much bigger than any tarantula in North America. And they only chase you to stay in your shadow. I have a friend that had a little terrarium in Iraq where he kept a couple of them as pets.
    The camel spider stories you hear are just the natives' way of screwing with whitey.
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    Image of DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star. DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
    08/05/09

    @MrEvil: I don't care fucking kill it.
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    Image of MacBandit MacBandit
    08/06/09

    @DeusExMach may or may not be a star-bellied...:
    I know what Wind Scorpions aka Camel Spiders are. What I should have said is the urban myth of foot long Camel Spiders is bull shit. That picture above is fake.
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    DeusExMach may or may not be a star-bellied sneetch. promoted this comment MacBandit was starred MacBandit was unstarred
    Image of DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star. DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
    08/06/09

    @MacBandit: nope. Been to the desert myself. They are real, as is that pic of TWO camelspiders doing the deed. Each one is easily the size of one standard-size boony-hat. They are most definitely not an urban legend.
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    Edited by DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star. at 08/06/09 10:55 AM DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star. was starred DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star. was unstarred
    Image of MacBandit MacBandit
    08/06/09

    @DeusExMach may or may not be a star-bellied...:
    You should have captured one and taken it to a University to be documented. The largest scientifically documented Solifugae that I can find had a body just under 8" long".
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    Image of The_Bear The_Bear
    08/05/09

    In reply to This Is How a 300 Million-Year-Old Spider Looks (Spoiler: Bloody Scary)
    These were just the babies. In my time jumps, I spent a week in that time period. I found that if you catch them (watch out for their bite!) and cook them over a pit for about 20 minutes they are actually quite tasty... and crunchy.
    Ok, I'm guilty... that's why they actually became extinct. Lesson learned.. don't eat the wildlife, and don't stomp on butterflys.
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    Image of moonrad moonrad
    08/05/09

    In reply to This Is How a 300 Million-Year-Old Spider Looks (Spoiler: Bloody Scary)
    F-that!
    If they announce that they're trying to do a Jurassic Park on this sucker, I'm outa here!
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    Image of Yinzers Are People Too Yinzers Are People Too
    08/05/09

    In reply to This Is How a 300 Million-Year-Old Spider Looks (Spoiler: Bloody Scary)
    This could either be a gigantic monster or a tiny little spec. I can't tell.
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    Image of erichg14 erichg14
    08/05/09

    @Yinzers Are Celebrating the Stanley Cup: It was the size of a 50 cent piece.
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    Image of genterara genterara
    08/05/09


    @erichg14: it does look like he carries a big piece
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    Image of anexanhume anexanhume
    08/05/09

    In reply to This Is How a 300 Million-Year-Old Spider Looks (Spoiler: Bloody Scary)
    Why is it that I can only trust the Daily Mail for things, regardless of their placement in the animal kingdom, that scare the shit out of me?
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    Image of Bigbadbikernerd Bigbadbikernerd
    08/05/09

    In reply to This Is How a 300 Million-Year-Old Spider Looks (Spoiler: Bloody Scary)
    This thing looks like a huge dust mite. Creepy.
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    Image of Christian Pacheco Christian Pacheco
    08/05/09

    In reply to This Is How a 300 Million-Year-Old Spider Looks (Spoiler: Bloody Scary)

    I figured it would have looked something like this.
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    Image of valkilmerisawful valkilmerisawful
    08/05/09


    @Christian Pacheco: "... I am sending you a revised drawing with the correct number of legs as full payment for any amount outstanding. I trust this will bring the matter to a conclusion."
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    Image of f0rge f0rge
    08/05/09

    In reply to This Is How a 300 Million-Year-Old Spider Looks (Spoiler: Bloody Scary)
    but how big is it?
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    Image of Gann Gann
    08/05/09

    @f0rge: According to the wiki gods, it's body ranges in length from a few millimeters to a few centimeters.
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    Image of Brian Brian
    08/05/09

    In reply to This Is How a 300 Million-Year-Old Spider Looks (Spoiler: Bloody Scary)
    Anyone else having problems seeing photos in the articles lately? Happens in both Safari and Firefox. I just get blank boxes....
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    08/05/09

    @Brian: only at work...damn work filters...
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    Image of Noobs-R-Us Noobs-R-Us
    08/05/09

    In reply to This Is How a 300 Million-Year-Old Spider Looks (Spoiler: Bloody Scary)
    I wonder how fast were these suckers? If they're as fast as current gen spiders we would have all been toast.

    Wait, this is small size spider...never mind. go about your business.
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    Image of Lukasz Fabis Lukasz Fabis
    08/05/09

    In reply to This Is How a 300 Million-Year-Old Spider Looks (Spoiler: Bloody Scary)
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    08/05/09


    @Lukasz Fabis: Damn, forgot they added a button for that now.
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