I was browsing around the internet this afternoon and stumbled on the name Jaekelopterus rhenaniae. My immediate thoughts were, what the heck does Jaekelopterus rhenaniae mean. So I went to google, did a search and was intrigued to begin with. Basically the Jaekelopterus rhenaniae is an 8 foot long sea bug. Thats right, these no longer living creatures, now extinct were the largest anthropods to ever exist. These creatures went extinct approximately 390 million years ago. Think of them as giant lobsters of sorts. Only the Tail could probably feed a table of 40 people. The size of this animal is based on a fossil of a claw they found so the exact dimensions are not 100% certain.
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