Megabugs

Download or read book Megabugs written by Helaine Becker and published by Kids Can Press Ltd. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet some gigantic prehistoric critters! A bug the size of a small crocodile? Or as large as a basketball player? As scary as it seems, supersized, insect-like creatures such as these roamed Earth long before humans. This peek into prehistory introduces seven of these fascinating megabugs — the ancestors of modern-day insects, spiders, crabs and other arthropods — which lived from 480 million to 47 million years ago. It explores when, where and how they each lived, why they grew so big and what caused their eventual extinction. Kids will never look at bugs the same way again!