We are worried about bringing back the mammoth (of course, while still killing everything else off) but I cant help but think a saddled up car-sized millipede could get you around town like nothing else.
Dont need to make any other sound ... I wonder if millipedes make sound ... I hate splitting lanes with people on harleys since they still think making noise is useful. A pissed off millipede tho ...
I feel like the megafauna that were eradicated by homo sapiens are fair game to try to resurrect. I mean, they're only gone because cro magnons got carried away slaying furry dragons.
I have a hard time believing the disappearing of the mega fauna is solely due to homo sapiens: if it was the case there should be a few pockets of them remaining in the world.
For example in western Europe bears were hunted to extinction before the middle ages, but you can still find bears in Russia and in the US.
I'm looking forward to a modern remake of 1954's classic film Them! featuring these car-sized millipede's sudden & mysterious appearance in the tranquil English countryside, and how flamethrowers along with high voltage electric pylons can save the day.
I don't get what you're going for. You think a three-meter protomillipede had only one foot? It's clearly segmented. And one segment of a modern millipede supports four feet if I remember correctly.
- Giant millipedes are usually conjectured from fossilized tracks, but this is an actual three-foot section of the millipede (or its cast-off shell).
- This millipede undermines the theory that giant bugs existed in the past due to higher levels of atmospheric oxygen, because it's older than the peak oxygen level. (Based on the image at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Oxidation_Event#The_earl... , it probably lived during stage 4 )
It makes sense to me. Millipedes and other similar things could develop into the "large predator" niche because there was nothing already filling that space.
Am I the only one who lost it at the artist rendering that looked like it was done in MS paint? Truly, someone made a valiant effort, but it was... something else.
Well, he tried to do it in fortnite but the extension pack was too expensive. Paint, if you get used to it before MS changes completely the UI (again) is pretty nice. You need a bit of patience thought.
I wonder if creatures of this size are the reason we as a species still have such a fear of insects and spiders. 300 million years ago our very ancient ancestors could have easily been eaten by just about anything.
"Scientists stubbled upon the fossilized remains of an ancient millipede the length of a small car dating from before the time of the dinosaurs."
Setting aside the fact that the scientists apparently forgot to shave that morning, I was unaware that there were small cars dating from before the time of the dinosaurs.
Pedantic, maybe, but I can't help but think this could have been worded better.
"Scientists stuMbled upon fossilized remains, dating from before the time of the dinosaurs, of an ancient millipede the length of a small car."
Years ago I read a book "Micro", published posthumously by Michael Crichton. This book describes what happens when people are downsized and things like millipedes are big enough to pose a serious risk of death.
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A fiat 500 Cinquecento, at 2.97 m, already is longer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_500), and that’s a very small car, by current standards. The new Fiat 500 is 3.55 m, almost 20% longer. It’s more like a microcar (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcar) or the electric Citroen Ami
As to weight, it indeed is lighter, much lighter. FTA: “and weighing about 50 kilograms”
..but practicality ran the horse out from that role.
Compared to your zero the millipede would have... outputs.
For example in western Europe bears were hunted to extinction before the middle ages, but you can still find bears in Russia and in the US.
I miss the flintstones cartoons from when I was a child.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carboniferous
Yes, yes it is.
I don't get what you're going for. You think a three-meter protomillipede had only one foot? It's clearly segmented. And one segment of a modern millipede supports four feet if I remember correctly.
- Giant millipedes are usually conjectured from fossilized tracks, but this is an actual three-foot section of the millipede (or its cast-off shell).
- This millipede undermines the theory that giant bugs existed in the past due to higher levels of atmospheric oxygen, because it's older than the peak oxygen level. (Based on the image at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Oxidation_Event#The_earl... , it probably lived during stage 4 )
Oh... oh dear
https://www.amazon.com/Carboniferous-Giants-Mass-Extinction-...
If it was as fast as the furry things we get around here in the spring that would have been truly horrifying.
Setting aside the fact that the scientists apparently forgot to shave that morning, I was unaware that there were small cars dating from before the time of the dinosaurs.
Pedantic, maybe, but I can't help but think this could have been worded better.
"Scientists stuMbled upon fossilized remains, dating from before the time of the dinosaurs, of an ancient millipede the length of a small car."
IANACT (I am not a conspiracy theorist) but what are the odds of there being two Millipede stories in one day ?
[1] https://www.npr.org/2021/12/20/1066017155/finally-scientists...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_(novel)