The article is about a fossil scorpion 8ft long (2.5 m) that was recently discovered in Germany.
The species existed during a period in Earth history when oxygen levels in the atmosphere were much higher than today.
And it was those elevated levels, some palaeo-scientists believe, that may have helped drive the super-sized bodies of many of the invertebrates that existed at that time - monster millipedes, huge cockroaches, and jumbo dragonflies.
If anyone has info on other possible real-life analogues to Tolkien's imaginary creatures, please let us know.
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