Try googling sea scorpion, sweetie. and report Jack E. I did.
2007-06-03 21:38:41
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answer #1
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answered by Alice K 7
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Yes, there are scorpions (note, no apostrophe
in the plural) in Australia, but they are not called
sea scorpions. Sea scorpions, as other people
have indicated, are an extinct group, related to
horseshoe crabs. If there is such a thing as an
Australian scorpion that lives along the seacoast
it might be locally called a sea scorpion, but this
would not be the same thing as the "true" sea
scorpions, the eurypterids. This demonstrates
the difficulty of using common names of animals
instead of the scientific names, the common
names lack specificity in many cases.
2007-06-04 04:49:10
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answered by Anonymous
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The eurypterids (sea scorpion) were the largest known arthropods that ever lived (with the possible exception of the Arthropleurids). They are members of the extinct class Eurypterida (Arachnomorpha, Chelicerata) and predate the earliest fishes. The largest, such as Pterygotus, reached 2 m or more in length, but most species were less than 20 cm. They were formidable predators that thrived in warm shallow water in the Cambrian to Permian from 510 to 248 million years ago. Although called "sea scorpions", only the earliest ones were marine (most lived in brackish or freshwater), and they were not true scorpions.
Ciao!
2007-06-03 21:38:47
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answered by rondone 7
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From what I know, they're extinct, but they used to live in water. There are scorpions in australia though.
2007-06-03 21:39:15
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answered by Anonymous
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I want to say I am sorry that Jack E. has insulted you, and I have reported him! He is an ignorant waste or protoplasm and needs to apologize to everyone he's insulted on yahoo answers tonight...God Bless You and I think it would be good for you to Google your question..Wikipedia is a great source!
2007-06-03 21:40:41
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answered by Call me-C-4-Curious- 6
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