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An Echo Of Prehistoric Times: Spiderlike Creature With A Scorpion’s Tail Found In Amber

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It’s not an urban legend or a fictional character from one of Edgar Allan Poe’s short stories, it’s neither a prehistoric nightmare.

It’s reality trapped in amber: Chimerarachne yingi. It has eight legs, fangs, and a whip-like tail. Cool, huh? Chimerarachne yingi, the newly discovered arachnid dates back 100 million years ago from the Cretaceous period.

Fun fact: the word Cretaceous comes from the Latin word creta, meaning chalk. Anyhoo, this little guy was trapped in Burmese amber.

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