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WWM - Giant Insects

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Giant Insects
Scotland
330 million years ago

Animals:
-Arthropleura
-Eryops
-Pulmonoscorpius
-Crassigyrinus
-Meganeura

In the Mississippian stage of the Carboniferous period, the world has truly become an alien world.  It is very hot, and many of the tree-like plants growing are distant relatives of ferns.  Even the air is alien; over a third is oxygen, much higher than any other time on Earth.  This oxygen-rich atmosphere has caused the arthropods to grow into immense sizes.  There is Pulmonoscorpius, a scorpion the size of a dog and would be hunting cats if it were alive today; Meganeura, a monster dragonfly the size of an eagle with an appetite to match; and Arthropleura, a millipede as long as a car and that can rear up tall enough to stare you down.

Amphibians are also continuing to thrive and are now fierce predators.  They range from Eryops to Crassigyrinus.  They are still restricted to the water's edge, and they have to lay their eggs in water because the eggs are soft and the babies have gills instead of lungs.  But soon, the amphibians evolve further to the point where their eggs can be laid on land with a thick shell to keep them safe.  These develop into the first ever true vertebrate land animals: the very first reptiles are born...
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