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submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] Aremel 16 points 11 months ago (3 children)

That guy on the left being the size of a crocodile is a terrifying thought.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If it makes it any better, it would be a sort of small crocodile, at "only" 8 feet (2.6 meters ish ish) long.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That made it worse, I didn't knew crocodiles were that big

[–] 9bananas 4 points 11 months ago

crocodiles actually get much bigger than that...think record is somewhere about 7m and about 1.1 metric tonnes!

[–] Num10ck 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

the chitin shell would made a sweet roofing material

[–] Dkarma 3 points 11 months ago

Nord

[–] Dkarma 3 points 11 months ago

Yeah it really puts into perspective the massive predators at the time who ate these things. No wonder they could get so big.