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Earless monitor lizard – A mysterious rarity of the reptile world

The earless monitor lizard is one of the most mysterious and least-known reptiles in the world.

Sensory legs

Despite their frightening appearance, whip-spiders or tailless whip-scorpions are completely harmless to humans. They owe their name to their characteristic sensory appendages, which most closely resemble a whip. This is an extremely sensitive part of their body, used primarily for orientation, as well as for sensing their environment, their prey, and even for recognising one another.

Tengeri skorpiók, ősi ízeltlábúak a dinoszauruszok előttről

They have existed for more than 400 million years!

Sea scorpions are distant “relatives” of modern scorpions on the evolutionary tree. They appeared more than 400 million years ago, which means they lived on Earth long before the dinosaurs. Based on ancient fossils, some species may have reached up to 1 meter in length. One of the largest known examples, Terropterus xiushanensis, could grow up to 2 meters long. These ancient

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Earless monitor lizard – A mysterious rarity of the reptile world

Sensory legs

They have existed for more than 400 million years!

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