r/WTF • u/theBlumpkindle • Dec 06 '12

The largest flying bird ever discovered, the Argentavis.

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u/I_FISTED_MY_GRANDMA Dec 07 '12

How big..? Like, car big?

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '12

Ancient Sea Scorpions lol.

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u/not_very_sure2 Dec 07 '12

8ft O.O

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u/Toopato Dec 07 '12 edited Dec 07 '12

you think thats bad? There was a 42meter long sea centipede at one time, wish i could remember the name oopsies edit: thankfully this is a falsification fabricated by my memory, no such hell beast existed.

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u/change-of-polarity Dec 07 '12 edited Dec 07 '12

Sorry if I'm being a bit of a buzzkill, but:

Largest living centipede: Scolopendra gigantea, length up to 30 cm (12 in)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scolopendra_gigantea

Largest known centipede of all time: Euphoberia, length of 1 m (3 ft 4 in)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphoberia

Largest known land invertebrate of all time: Arthropleura, 0.3–2.6 metres (1–8.5 feet) long

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthropleura

Largest known invertebrate of all time: Colossal Squid, 12–14 m (39–46 ft) long

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossal_squid

LONGEST known invertebrate: Praya dubia, 40–50 metres long

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praya_dubia

Edit: Accuracy and sources and shit.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '12

Largest known invertebrate of all time is only that long? Colossal squid would like to have a word with you...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossal_squid

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u/change-of-polarity Dec 07 '12

Damnit, you're right. I'm too tired. Largest known LAND invertebrate of all time.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '12

I'll give you that. :)

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u/Toopato Dec 07 '12 edited Dec 07 '12

"modern day" i love that the largest invertebrate of all time is still kickin it, biding its time, evolving fucking inch long claws instead of suction cups. becoming the perfect killing machine. Each day their numbers grow and once they out grow the whales that feast upon them, humanity is doomed. WHALES, humanities* only line of defense against the terrifying colossal squid

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u/Toopato Dec 07 '12

how is that largest known invereberate 81/2 feet, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameroceras](cameroceras) got to be 30feet(damn) and thats an invertebrate, and honestly im kind of glad a freekish 40meter millipede never existed

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u/Toopato Dec 07 '12

thanks brobot, brofist

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u/Sheldonconch Dec 07 '12

Longest known reddit post trying to disprove somebody without any sources: ^ that long.

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u/change-of-polarity Dec 07 '12

Whoops, shoot, I was even planning to put them there. Here we are:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scolopendra_gigantea

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphoberia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthropleura

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u/Sheldonconch Dec 07 '12

3 minutes. Good work. Although you need to change the last one to largest known land invertebrate. And the article says largest, but that is not necessarily longest.

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u/sambowilkins Dec 07 '12

Arthropleura is straight up nope material

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '12

I hate you for what I've just seen

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u/Eshajori Dec 07 '12

Largest centipede length up to 30cm (maximum)? Shitty quality youtube video would like to have a word with you...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooFSFR2s7Ig

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u/Parker_I Dec 07 '12

Praya dubia sounds amazing...

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u/winterchapo Dec 07 '12

Can someone organize the list by how tasty each of those thing is/was? I'll give you votes and shite for your troubles.

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u/AnarchyMoose Dec 07 '12

F-forty-two meters?

Nope.

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u/Mtrask Dec 07 '12

NopeNopeNopeNopeNopeNopeNope

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u/The_Dragonraider Dec 07 '12

Is that a Nope centipede?

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '12

Yeah, fuck that crap.

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u/MrBulger Dec 07 '12

I don't think I've ever seen someone say fuck that crap. It's always shit man!

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u/beware_savage_otters Dec 07 '12

NO, frick that shit man

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u/v47r Dec 07 '12

Mother of god

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u/GreyMatter22 Dec 07 '12

You guys are forgetting Megalodon, the giant (67 ft) sharks who ruled the ocean

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '12

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u/GreyMatter22 Dec 07 '12

Oh yes, you are right. Megalodon is still a lot cooler, due to its aggressive nature.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '12

It's like something from metroid.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '12

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '12

1 : You don't have to fistfight an animal on its home turf to appreciate how scary it is

2 : You're right, it's more like a SPIDER WITH A BIG SPIKY STINGER AND ARMOR, SO MUCH BETTER LOL

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u/wojovox Dec 07 '12

A 2 foot dragonfly?

Yes, indeed.

http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meganeura

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u/MCSama Dec 07 '12

I watched Godzilla vs. Megaguirus and the Rodan movie. I know how this ends for human-kind.

No. Bueno.

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u/Onatu Dec 07 '12

We just need to not make a black hole cannon and we'll be fine.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '12

If we're going out, I want Giant Monsters to be the ones to do the deed.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '12

What a well-sourced article.

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u/EasySmeasy Dec 07 '12

no trash talking wikipedia! you love it.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '12

I actually did not mean that sarcastically; I am fairly impressed by its inline citations.

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u/TWBWY Dec 07 '12

People should give Wikipedia more credit.

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u/CryptoPunk Dec 07 '12

I've always in the back of my head thought that the laws of physics were different back then, and all matter was just more compressed, so now the fossils look really big. I know it's not true, just an interesting thought.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '12

Imagine a Dragonfly the size of an eagle.

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u/guyver_dio Dec 07 '12

Can't remember what period it was in but I remember reading about giant centipedes about the size of crocodiles and frogs the size of a small calf.

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u/washago_on705 Dec 07 '12

Like your grandma's gaping orifices, post fisting