Massive animal species discovered in half-billion-year-old Burgess Shale

Re:Massive animal species discovered in half-billion-year-ol... by davidw on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @06:43PM (#28463974)

I think science is interesting enough in its own right that you don't need to oversell it. It is not a 'massive creature', but it's fascinating nonetheless when explained in context and without the clickbaity headline.

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Re:Massive animal species discovered in half-billion-year-ol... by loonster on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @11:37PM (#28465920)

Massive for its time. Average creature being a pinky finger (why didn't they just say a number), so about 5 cm. Half meter is 10x that. Something 10x bigger than me is not a giant, it's a titan.

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Re:Massive animal species discovered in half-billion-year-ol... by robbedpeter on Thursday September 09, 2021 @01:59AM (#28466767)

Moose make a great learning experience to demonstrate scale. They're goddamn huge. Nobody expects moose hugeness.

Compared to the average size of creatures of the time, then, this thing would be like the biggest ever moose to us.

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