What If | What If The Giant Insects Never Went Extinct? @WhatIfScienceShow | Uploaded July 2024 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
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300 million years ago, Earth was the kingdom of giant insects. As time went on, they eventually went extinct, and then dinosaurs entered the scene. But what if that never happened? What if these giant scorpions, worms and dragonflies were still around today? And how did they go extinct in the first place?
00:00 What If The Giant Insects Never Went Extinct?
00:40 Griffenflies had wingspans up to 70 cm and spiny legs for catching prey.
05:48 Island isolation as a survival strategy for giant insects like the Weta in New Zealand.
08:53 Evolved giant insects coexisting with humans in modern day
09:33 Eventual avoidance between giant insects and humans as evolution progresses
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300 million years ago, Earth was the kingdom of giant insects. As time went on, they eventually went extinct, and then dinosaurs entered the scene. But what if that never happened? What if these giant scorpions, worms and dragonflies were still around today? And how did they go extinct in the first place?
00:00 What If The Giant Insects Never Went Extinct?
00:40 Griffenflies had wingspans up to 70 cm and spiny legs for catching prey.
05:48 Island isolation as a survival strategy for giant insects like the Weta in New Zealand.
08:53 Evolved giant insects coexisting with humans in modern day
09:33 Eventual avoidance between giant insects and humans as evolution progresses
Get the What if book: bit.ly/ytc-the-what-if-100-book
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