#TBT - any Thursday around 330 million years ago. When megaflora, - TopicsExpress



          

#TBT - any Thursday around 330 million years ago. When megaflora, giant insects and amphibians ruled the earth. Reptiles, birds and mammals had yet to appear. Megaflora through photosynthesis produced incredible quantities of oxygen in the air (35 % compared to 21 % today) which allowed insects to get to gynormous sizes. Maximum size of insects is proportional to the percentage of oxygen in the atmosphere since insects breath through their exoskeleton. 2-3 foot spiders and scorpions, 3 ft long dragonflies and 8 foot long centipedes and millipedes. Proof is in the fossil record. Dying megaflora producing enormous amounts of methane gas which when mixed with the super oxygenated atmosphere must have produced enormous fireballs and explosions in the sky during thunderstorms. youtu.be/p_kTP_wsajc
Posted on: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 01:53:25 +0000

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