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Published: 2016-12-07 01:05:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 1129; Favourites: 31; Downloads: 4
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A titan among the Eurypterids, or sea scorpions, Jaekelopterus was the largest of all its kind even surpassing its close cousin, Pterygotus in size. At around 8 feet in length, it stands as the largest arthropod ever discovered, even larger than the giant millipede Arthropleura. Known from North America and the Rhineland, it probably was a fearsome predator that by all evidence haunted freshwater rivers and lakes, preying on whatever it could catch from other arthropods to fish.ΒRelated content
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May I try to color this? Also are the slits in the eyes accurate? would they have had it?
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I was going to try and color it myself after finishing a dragon I'm currently working on, but I'm going to give you permission to color it too, simply because I want to see how yours will differ from mine. As for they eye slits, I figured they would be the result of an illusion in the creature's eyes. They probably had eyes similar to those of a horseshoe crab. A similar type of illusory pupil can be seen in Stomatopods like the mantis shrimps, but they of course, have much better vision than a eurypterid ever did.
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I love it's giant eyes. Β It gives it kind of a cute expression
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I thought they made it a bit more fearsome.
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