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**exchpaypalgold** · 04-03-2007, 06:16 PM

Ok, so I’m watching something on the Discovery channel right now about the evolution of Earth or some jazz and they just went over a period of “giant insects” and stuff. Obviously this was from higher levels of oxygen and different temperatures and a whole bunch of other stuff and THEN still over many many many generations but, with something which has a lifespan of just a few days you could model many generations without yourself dying off.

So then, why on Earth hasn’t anyone tried to recreate the conditions that were believed to exist around the period that giant insects occupied the Earth? Not that I want a 10 foot centipede or anything but seriously, how god damn cool would that be?

04-03-2007, 06:16 PM	#1
exchpaypalgold Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 626 Senior Member	Why hasn’t anyone brought back giant 10 foot centipedes or anything? Ok, so I’m watching something on the Discovery channel right now about the evolution of Earth or some jazz and they just went over a period of “giant insects” and stuff. Obviously this was from higher levels of oxygen and different temperatures and a whole bunch of other stuff and THEN still over many many many generations but, with something which has a lifespan of just a few days you could model many generations without yourself dying off. So then, why on Earth hasn’t anyone tried to recreate the conditions that were believed to exist around the period that giant insects occupied the Earth? Not that I want a 10 foot centipede or anything but seriously, how god damn cool would that be?
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