Moovl – just add imagination

You’ve no doubt seen the recent news about the discovery of a giant prehistoric claw, from a 2.5m sea scorpion (Jaekelopterus rhenaniae if you must know). BBC News has the full story, but suffice to say the creature evolved about 400 million years ago and probably lived in a river or swamp.

The find has led to speculation that ancient invertebrates were much larger than previously thought (something to do with elevated oxygen levels in the atmosphere). And there was me thinking that all those horrible insects in King Kong were just fantasy – watch this space for discoveries of giant ape jaw-bones.

In the meantime, here’s an animated version of the scorpion alongside a human – roughly to scale, though the human looks a bit confident for my liking.