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11-29-2007 11:51 AM

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LONDON - This was a bug that you'd have to look up to and definitely couldn't step on.

British scientists have stumbled across a fossilized claw, part of an ancient sea scorpion, that is of such large proportion it would make the entire creature the biggest bug ever.

How big? Bigger than you, about 2.5 meters, or 8 feet, long.

This is a computer generated image issued by the University of Bristol in England shows a size comparison between a human an ancient sea scorpion.

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11-29-2007 2:29 PM

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11-29-2007 11:51 AM

Big-ass scorpion found by scientists

Actually, I understand it was a claw that they found, but I'm a little rusty on my invertebrate anatomy.

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11-29-2007 2:29 PM

Yes, they found a claw that allowed them to draw up the approximate size of the thing.

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