The past has not passed its sell-by date
There was a time when being pitched against one another simply meant Elvis vs Cliff. But perhaps humans were adversarial
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massive animals
2020 Bingo: Cher’s Elephant, Hitler’s Reptile and the Chinese Duck Army
What a rollercoaster ride last year was. Or might have been, if we were actually allowed to visit a funfair.
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Behold, the tree lobster. (Spoiler: not a lobster)
We like to bring you the occasional large invertebrate on this blog. And even a huge vertebrate now and then. But here’s a big
Read moreNice legs! The world’s leggiest animal is rediscovered.
Last seen in 1928, the colobognath millipede Illacme plenipes is thought to have more legs than any other animal on earth
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Why are there no really big insects any more? Blame birds.
It’s no secret that 300 million years ago, the largest insects were a lot bigger than they are now. The largest
Read moreFour massive wasps
We heard you wanted to see a picture of four massive wasps. So here they are. These appear to be
Read moreA simply enormous fruit bat
It’s not an invertebrate, but even so, we heard you wanted to see a picture of a simply enormous fruit
Read moreWe heard you wanted to see…
…a picture of a simply enormous centipede. So here it is. This is Scolopendra heros, the aptly-named giant red-headed centipede.
Read moreThe lucky bustards
Way back in 2005 The Ranger blogged about an unexpected sighting of a flying Great Bustard (Otis tarda)seen over the
Read moreCheck out this massive fly
This weekend I discovered that the biggest fly in the UK was much bigger than I’d previously thought. Yes, we
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