LeopJag
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Panthera kryptikos (cryptic, evasive panther)
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Post by LeopJag on Jul 15, 2013 3:58:06 GMT 5
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Fragillimus335
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Sauropod fanatic, and dinosaur specialist
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Post by Fragillimus335 on Mar 10, 2014 9:01:42 GMT 5
Well, that camel spider pic has been know to be misleading for quite some time. It's easy to tell it is two animals biting each other, and positioned far in front of the soldiers leg to give the appearance of huge size.
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Post by Vodmeister on Mar 10, 2014 9:41:56 GMT 5
Monster quest is light-years away from being a reality show, but I do enjoy it quite a bit.
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all
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Post by all on Oct 2, 2019 0:27:22 GMT 5
There were supposedly large spiders in Mohave desert. In modern times spiders can't grow that big because there is not enough oxygen for them to reach gigantic proportions. However at some point there were 1.5 meter scorpions and such. and although I'm pretty sure arachnids of that size don't exist currently. the encounters in Mohave desert don't talk about spiders that are quite that large. They talk about ones that are as with abdomen as big as a football. Those I do believe might be real.
Mohave desert has lots of secrets from what I read. For example some of Mohave rattlesnakes have neurotoxins in addition to hemotoxins. There are several types of those "Mohave toxins" some are no more potent than venom used by other rattlesnakes. But others make the given snake much more venomous. there are also snakes that have little bit of one type of Mohave toxin and little bit of the other. The snakes that have the second type of Mohave toxin are much more dangerous because their venom is much more toxic.
Mohave desert is one of those places that is still partially unexplored. And unusual adaptations to life in the desert such as this one. Suggests that there might be spiders that adapted to this environment in ways that are quite different from spiders more commonly found in other regions.
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