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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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