January 19, 2008: HUGE Scorpion

DucksNuts · 01-19-2008, 04:17 AM

Never fear!!! This scary bugger doesnt scuttle amongst us these days, but is actually a digitally created version of the Eurypterids that lived in the Devonian age.

These ancestors to our current day (and size) scorpions were believed to grow up to 2 metres long and were one of the first amphibious animals.

I thought great white sharks were scary!!

The guy in the pics is Nigel Marven, wildlife presenter.

spudcon · 01-19-2008, 06:10 AM

Looks like a really jumbo shrimp!

sweetwater · 01-19-2008, 09:18 AM

cue the theme to Jaws.
no wait, make that Claws.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-19-2008, 11:53 AM

No stinger?

kerosene · 01-19-2008, 12:55 PM

Too much like a lobster. Butter sauce, anyone?

shina · 01-19-2008, 01:53 PM

Looks like something from an alien flick.

Gravdigr · 01-19-2008, 03:07 PM

About the only thing I can say about this thing is, uh---AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

monster · 01-19-2008, 06:58 PM

Crawfish

xoxoxoBruce · 01-19-2008, 09:35 PM

I bet Buster has a recipe for it.

classicman · 01-19-2008, 11:27 PM

steam that sucker up!

Sheldonrs · 01-20-2008, 04:03 PM

Kind of makes me wonder what he was actually holding before the photo was changed. A fish? A lobster? A small hooker named Arial?

Karenv · 01-21-2008, 04:46 PM

I've eaten barbecued scorpion, in China.

I've used boiled scorpion for stroke patients- it is part of the materia medica.

But one that size, boggles the mind.

Colby · 10-02-2016, 01:44 AM

What a monster, I wonder if that pincer on the tail can do much damage?

fargon · 10-02-2016, 06:37 AM

High Colby, welcome to the cellar.

Snakeadelic · 10-03-2016, 08:03 AM

That bad boy looks like it was designed to Velcro-wrap around its dinner, and since it's technically probably an arthropod I'm guessing it wasn't too picky about whether or not dinner was dead when it started eating. As crabs, scorpions, lobsters, crayfish, tarantulas and shrimp are all arthropods, I'd say cook it up just like any other critter hiding tasty meat under a hard exoskeleton (which excludes turtles because they have an endoskeleton partially modified to exo). Many are boiled; scorpions and tarantulas are often roasted on a spit or wrapped in leaves.

For the record, I've never eaten scorpions or tarantulas. I don't get wildly excited about lobster. I have had crayfish, but just plain because I caught them myself in Oregon as a kid. I do enjoy shrimp and LOVE Dungeness crab especially.

01-19-2008, 04:17 AM	#1
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	January 19, 2008: HUGE Scorpion Never fear!!! This scary bugger doesnt scuttle amongst us these days, but is actually a digitally created version of the Eurypterids that lived in the Devonian age. These ancestors to our current day (and size) scorpions were believed to grow up to 2 metres long and were one of the first amphibious animals. I thought great white sharks were scary!! The guy in the pics is Nigel Marven, wildlife presenter.

01-19-2008, 11:53 AM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	No stinger? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-19-2008, 06:58 PM	#8
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Crawfish __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-19-2008, 09:35 PM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I bet Buster has a recipe for it. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-19-2008, 11:27 PM	#10
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	steam that sucker up! __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

01-19-2008, 06:10 AM	#2
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	Looks like a *really jumbo* shrimp!

01-19-2008, 09:18 AM	#3
sweetwater lives inside a Mobius strip Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,120	cue the theme to Jaws. no wait, make that Claws.

01-19-2008, 12:55 PM	#5
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	Too much like a lobster. Butter sauce, anyone?

01-19-2008, 01:53 PM	#6
shina Hopeful Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sammamish, WA Posts: 232	Looks like something from an alien flick.

01-19-2008, 03:07 PM	#7
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	About the only thing I can say about this thing is, uh---AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

01-20-2008, 04:03 PM	#11
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	Kind of makes me wonder what he was actually holding before the photo was changed. A fish? A lobster? A small hooker named Arial? __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

01-21-2008, 04:46 PM	#12
Karenv Slacker Join Date: May 2004 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 144	Mmm roasted scorpion I've eaten barbecued scorpion, in China. I've used boiled scorpion for stroke patients- it is part of the materia medica. But one that size, boggles the mind.

10-02-2016, 01:44 AM	#13
Colby Kinda New Member Join Date: Oct 2016 Posts: 1	What a monster, I wonder if that pincer on the tail can do much damage?

10-02-2016, 06:37 AM	#14
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	High Colby, welcome to the cellar. __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

10-03-2016, 08:03 AM	#15
Snakeadelic Banned Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 660	That bad boy looks like it was designed to Velcro-wrap around its dinner, and since it's technically probably an arthropod I'm guessing it wasn't too picky about whether or not dinner was dead when it started eating. As crabs, scorpions, lobsters, crayfish, tarantulas and shrimp are all arthropods, I'd say cook it up just like any other critter hiding tasty meat under a hard exoskeleton (which excludes turtles because they have an endoskeleton partially modified to exo). Many are boiled; scorpions and tarantulas are often roasted on a spit or wrapped in leaves. For the record, I've never eaten scorpions or tarantulas. I don't get wildly excited about lobster. I have had crayfish, but just plain because I caught them myself in Oregon as a kid. I do enjoy shrimp and LOVE Dungeness crab especially.

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