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minus-squareAremel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·11 months agoThat guy on the left being the size of a crocodile is a terrifying thought.
minus-squareLouisGarbuorlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·11 months agoIf it makes it any better, it would be a sort of small crocodile, at “only” 8 feet (2.6 meters ish ish) long.
minus-squareRogueBanana@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agoThat made it worse, I didn’t knew crocodiles were that big
minus-square9bananas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agocrocodiles actually get much bigger than that…think record is somewhere about 7m and about 1.1 metric tonnes!
minus-squareNum10ck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 months agothe chitin shell would made a sweet roofing material
minus-squareDkarma@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoYeah it really puts into perspective the massive predators at the time who ate these things. No wonder they could get so big.
That guy on the left being the size of a crocodile is a terrifying thought.
If it makes it any better, it would be a sort of small crocodile, at “only” 8 feet (2.6 meters ish ish) long.
That made it worse, I didn’t knew crocodiles were that big
crocodiles actually get much bigger than that…think record is somewhere about 7m and about 1.1 metric tonnes!
the chitin shell would made a sweet roofing material
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Yeah it really puts into perspective the massive predators at the time who ate these things. No wonder they could get so big.