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Gait of one of the first land predators, reconstructed

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    Rubecula
    Registered Users Posts: 8,551 ✭✭✭Rubecula


    They believe it was an ambush predator that was able to run down prey over short distances according to BBC. Makes some kind of sense I suppose.

    Makes me think of a stocky Camel Spider.

    Camel spiders are not even spiders. Like spiders, they are members of the class Arachnida, but they are actually solpugids.

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


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    Adam Khor
    Registered Users Posts: 5,279 ✭✭✭Adam Khor


    Poor camel spiders, ever so vilified. Same with other creepy looking arachnids...

    whip-scorpion.jpg

    whip_scorpion.jpg


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    tac foley
    Registered Users Posts: 5,500 ✭✭✭tac foley


    Natures' first 'hydraulically-operated' creatures, and are every bit as remarkable today. I think that if had been a specialist on the exoskeletal branch of animal studies it would have been the spiders that would have got most of my attention.

    Imagine just how a new-born spider functions! A microscopic replica of the full-grown creature in most every way - the intricacies of the actual mechanics of the thing are mind-blowing.

    tac


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