We are not amused. I recently watched a History Channel episode about giant prehistoric critters, such as the big bugs that ruled the Paleozoic period. Now those guys were scary - dragonflies the size of hawks and 8-1/2-foot-long millipedes. Fortunately, it seems that insects and spiders cannot get much larger than they are today as their sizes are controlled by the oxygen levels in the atmosphere. During the Paleozoic period the Earth's oxygen levels were much higher than they are today. This may be one benefit of global warming - smaller bugs. Kim -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Hards Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 10:11 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] OT: Giant water bugs Ooh, too bad, Kim! Lol! On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 9:36 AM, Tyler Allred <tylerallred@earthlink.net>wrote:
Hello to all. The giant water bug is not really all that rare in Utah.
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