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10 Prehistoric Bugs That Could Seriously Mess You Up Modern-day dragonflies seem to have an unduly ferocious name; but their enormous ancestor, M. permiana, would have deserved the name “dragon.” It was probably the largest insect that ever lived: its wingspan could exceed two feet (60cm), and its body grew to nearly 17 inches (40 cm).
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Worldâs Biggest Fly Faces Two New Challengers The goliath birdeater tarantula of South America is arguably the biggest spider in the world. Watch as one hapless mouse wanders into a spider's deadly trap, and see the unusual adaptations that make the goliath one of nature's deadliest ambushers. World's Largest Spider. The goliath birdeater tarantula of South America is arguably the biggest spider in the world. Watch as one hapless mouse wanders into a spider's deadly trap, and see the unusual adaptations that make the goliath one of nature's deadliest ambushers. They're the big, hairy spiders of our nightmares.
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Worldâs Biggest Fly Faces Two New Challengers The goliath birdeater tarantula of South America is arguably the biggest spider in the world. Watch as one hapless mouse wanders into a spider's deadly trap, and see the unusual adaptations that make the goliath one of nature's deadliest ambushers. Transcript.
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Largest-ever fossilized spider, from the Jurassic period, is unearthed in China Biggest fossil spider. Jurassic fossil spiders were a rare find, until the 21st century, when farmers in China began turning up Jurassic-period arachnids on a hillside. Jurassic spider fossils used to be extremely rare finds. The first was discovered in Russia and described in 1984, and then another was found three years later. But that remained the totality of the fossil record. Then, in the 21st century, farmers in the area of Daohugou, China—just inside Inner Mongolia—began turning up Jurassic-period arachnids on a hillside.
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- The strengthening rings are made of chitin, which is the same material as we find on the outside of the insect. Scientists think that it is the breathing system of insects which keeps them so small. The insect which has the largest body is the Goliath Beetle which lives in the tropics.
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- Top 10 Deadliest Insects In The World. 1  8 Spotted Hyena – Bite Force : 1100 psi. 2  7 Grizzly Bear – Bite Force : 1200 psi. 3  6 Gorilla – Bite Force : 1300 psi. 4  5 Jaguar : 2000 psi. 5  4 Hippopotamus – Bite Force : 1825 psi. 6  3 American Alligator – Bite Force : 2125 psi. 7  2 Saltwater crocodile – Bite Force : 3690 psi.
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Fastest animals This is far in excess of the previous record holder, the Australian tiger beetle, Cicindela eburneola, the fastest insect in the world relative to body size, which has been recorded at 1.86 metres per second (6.7 km/h; 4.2 mph) or 171 body lengths per second.
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Quetzalcoatlus Quetzalcoatlus northropi /kɛtsəlkoʊˈætləs/ is an azhdarchid pterosaur known from the Late Cretaceous of North America (Maastrichtian stage) and one of the largest known flying animals of all time. It is a member of the family Azhdarchidae, a family of advanced toothless pterosaurs with unusually long, stiffened necks.
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Life Sucks: 10 Amazing Animal Vampires There is hope, however, in the form of Toxorhynchites. Also known as Mosquito Hawks or Mosquito Eaters, Toxorhynchites are the largest known species of mosquito and, thankfully, they don’t suck blood. Instead, their larvae prey on other mosquito larva thus reducing the number of blood-sucking adults in any common area.
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- Spinosaurus aegyptiacus is the largest known land predator. It was a member of the theropod dinosaur family. It lived in what is now the Sahara desert 100 million years ago. B…eing so large Spinosaurus wouldn't have had any natural predators. On occasion if Spinosaurus was weak and couldn't find any food it could be attacked by a large pack of Rugops which could bring it down.
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World's biggest insect is so huge it eats carrots World's biggest insect is so huge it eats carrots. Adventurer Mark Moffett has found the world's biggest insect - which is so huge it can eat carrots. Former park ranger Mark, 53, discovered the giant weta up a tree and his real life Bug's Bunny has now been declared the largest ever found.
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Top 10 Extreme Insect Species The harvester ant (Pogonomyrmex Maricopa) is the world’s most venomous insect—however, it does not pose any threat to humans at all. Its venom is roughly 25 times stronger than that of the honey bee, but it is delivered in small doses, therefore rendering the harvester ant quite inoffensive.
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World's biggest insect is so huge it eats carrots We spent many hours with no luck finding any at all, before we saw her up in a tree. The giant weta is the largest insect in the world, and this is the biggest one ever found, she weighs the equivalent to three mice. She enjoyed the carrot so much she seemed to ignore the fact she was resting on our hands and carried on munching away.
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The fastest insect in the world The researchers clocked them at 6.8km/h (4.2mph) and 9km/h (5.6mph) respectively. On this measure, C. hudsoni - capable of covering 2.5 metres (8ft) in one second - is the fastest running insect. At top speed its visual system cannot keep up, and it has to slow down to see anything.
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Largest organisms The largest of these is the Little Barrier Island giant weta (Deinacrida heteracantha), the largest specimen was weighed at 71.3 g (2.52 oz), one of the largest insects weights ever known. These heavyweight insects can be over 9 cm (3.5 in) long.
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- These ancient giant insects fascinate Jon Harrison. A physiologist and professor of biology at Arizona State University. Harrison wants to know why giant insects evolved, and why they disappeared. The answer may lie in how insects breathe.
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The 20 Biggest Prehistoric Mammals Of all the prehistoric mammals in this slideshow, Indricotherium (which is also known as Paraceratherium and Baluchitherium) is the only one to have approached the size of the giant sauropod dinosaurs that preceded it by tens of millions of years.
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Terrifying picture shows puppy-sized spider with huge venom-filled FANGS found in the rainforest Scientist Piotr Naskrecki was in a South American rainforest when he heard a noise from the undergrowth. Expecting it to be a rat, he was left astonished when he saw this monster. It turned out to be the South American Goliath Birdeater - the largest spider in the world. Incredibly, the spider has a leg span which can grow up to a foot - which is the size of a child's forearm. They can also weight more than 6 ounces and come complete with two-inch fangs full of venom.
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Evolution of insects The survivors of this event evolved in the Triassic (252 to 201 million years ago) to what are essentially the modern insect orders that persist to this day. Most modern insect families appeared in the Jurassic (201 to 145 million years ago).
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Largest prehistoric animals The largest known artiodactyl was Hippopotamus gorgops with a length of 4.3 metres (14 feet) and a height of 2.1 metres (6.9 feet). Bison latifrons reached a shoulder height of 2.5 meters (8.2 feet), and had horns that spanned over 2 meters (6.6 feet).
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more in Science Q&A A mouse is large to a flea, but not to a giraffe. So there are several different ways of measuring the size of an insect, most people would consider the largest insect to be the bulkiest and in this case the champion insect is the Acteaeom Beetle or Rhinoceros Beetle (Megasoma actaeon) from South Americ.
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Megabugs: The World's Largest Insects Weight: 35 grams. Where: Australia. In the world of roaches, the giant burrowing cockroach is the big kid on the block. The 3-inch length is no record-setter, but the girth sets this bug apart–it's the world's heaviest cockroach. These wingless roaches burrow into the soil of Australia and can live up to 10 years.
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World's Largest Aquatic Insect Discovered China News Service/ Zhong. A new species of insect appears to be the largest to spend most of its life in water
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List of largest insects The largest confirmed weight of an adult insect is 71 g (2.5 oz) for a giant weta, Deinacrida heteracantha, although it is likely one of the elephant beetles, Megasoma elephas and Megasoma actaeon, or goliath beetles, both of which can commonly exceed 50 g (1.8 oz) and 10 cm (3.9 in), can reach a higher weight.
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Largest prehistoric animals 1 The largest known primate of all time was Gigantopithecus blackii, standing 3 m (9.8 ft) tall and weighing 540 kilograms (1,200 lb).  The largest known old world monkey, the prehistoric baboon Dinopithecus grew even larger than modern Mandrills, weighing as much as a grown man.
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What is the Biggest Insect in the World? This thing is a huge longhorn beetle and is one of the longest beetles in the world. They can reach 16.7 cm (6.5 in) in length, and they don't even have huge horns and sticky-out bits to help them out.