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Biggest Bug Ever!

  • September 23, 2012
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

The biggest insect ever identified is the 390-million-year-old giant sea scorpion, aka Jaekelopterus rhenaniae. Scientists say it looked sort of like a massive crayfish, was about the size of a crocodile, and had 18-inch spiked claws!

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