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giant aquatic flying monster discovered in China
Topic Started: Jul 23 2014, 08:09 AM (481 Views)
stargatedalek
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I'm not slow! That's just my moe!

http://news.yahoo.com/worlds-largest-aquatic-insect-china-132933137.html
Expedition returned dobsonflies with 8-inch wingspans and 'giant snake-like fangs'
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According to the Insect Museum of West China, an expedition to the outskirts of Chengdu in mid-July returned dobsonflies with 8.3-inch wingspans and "giant snake-like fangs." Previously, the largest-known aquatic insect was the South American helicopter damselfly, which had a wingspan measuring 7.5 inches.


quick, someone bring me the cute animals topic >:)
Edited by stargatedalek, Jul 23 2014, 08:44 AM.
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Furka
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And I thought emperor dragonflies and diving beetles were scary ...
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Mathius Tyra
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Rat snake is love... Rat snake is life

This will be one of my most favorite insect! Seriously, it's a gigantic dragonfly monster with stag beetle's jaws!

*Heavy breathing*
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Nomis
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the Mountain Born

I want a pet of this kind
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Murdock129
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That is among the most terrifying things I've ever seen.

By the way can I just note that people mock supposedly implausible cryptids when something like this that looks like it belongs in a B-Horror movie is a real thing
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Nomisoraptor Philotrticus
Jul 23 2014, 01:06 PM
I want a pet of this kind
With a little luck you can find its smaller relatives in the US, like Corydalus cornutus.

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Their larvae can be kept in aquariums.

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Ulquiorra
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Swimming Spaghetti Monster
Jul 23 2014, 01:28 PM
Nomisoraptor Philotrticus
Jul 23 2014, 01:06 PM
I want a pet of this kind
With a little luck you can find its smaller relatives in the US, like Corydalus cornutus.

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Their larvae can be kept in aquariums.

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Going a little more distantly related, but still within the Order Megaloptera, the UK has the alderfly (Sialis lutaria), and its larvae look almost as monstrous as this Giant Dobsonfly.
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Furka
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Hey there was a larvae like that in my tank until a few weeks ago, I thought it was a beetle ...
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