Before Humans, England Belonged to Horrifying Scorpions the Size of Dogs. Here’s What They Looked Like.

Summary: Imagine playing a survival video game and facing a giant scorpion. Well, 415 million years ago, that was real life in England and Wales! Scientists recently proved that fossils found in the 1870s belong to a massive scorpion called Praearcturus gigas. It was three feet long—about the size of a toddler or a medium dog. It grew so huge because there were no bigger predators around to stop it. Using 3D scans, researchers finally solved this 200-year-old monster mystery.

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