'Big as a car': Scientists reveal discovery of 326-million-year-old giant millipede fossil

[Jumbie Spider]

'Big as a car': Scientists reveal discovery of 326-million-year-old giant millipede fossil

The discovery of the Arthropleura fossil, measuring nearly 9-feet-long, possibly makes this giant millipede the largest bug to ever exist.

www.usatoday.com

 

[Hardus nameous]

Cool discovery, I wonder how hot Britain must have gotten if it was a tropical climate near the equator back then and a warming climate is one theory for their extinction.

 

[PhoenixFyre]

Wow! If they were as big as a car...I wonder if there were parking spaces for them?

 

[goliathusdavid]

Is it bad that I really really really want one? Like it would be a care nightmare but god do I want it. Anyone else?

 

[PhoenixFyre]

Is it bad that I really really really want one? Like it would be a care nightmare but god do I want it. Anyone else?

If I was still living in the city, I'd say yes since that would surely cut down on traffic time spent in gridlock.

 

[Jumbie Spider]

I could see Tesla releasing something like that... but they're against fossil fuels, so maybe Ford