just looking around at the rocks for a bit of a geological holiday, and as the sun was setting we saw that there was a boulder that had fallen from the cliff face, split down the middle. and then just looked inside and realised there was a big fossil there. so i went back the following morning and, yeah, we realise that it was a gigantic millipede in the middle of this rock. because we knew there were these large millipedes around at the time because they ve left trackways and there are small fragments of these fossils. it s just very rare to find a whole one. so we didn t really believe what it was to begin with. so we took photos and sent them around various experts, and then realise that, yes, it is indeed to this giant millipede. so we got permission and then went back and collected it later on in the year. now it s time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. yes, it has been a lovely still end to the day across east sussex for the setting sun on the horizon and with this wea
so i went back the following morning and, yeah, we realise that it was a gigantic millipede in the middle of this rock. we knew there were these large millipedes around at the time, because they ve left trackways and there are small fragments of these fossils. it s just very rare to find a whole one. so we didn t really believe what it was to begin with. so we took photos and sent them around various experts, and then realise that, yes, it is indeed to this giant millipede. so we got permission and went back and collected it later on in the year. this is outside source, live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is. president biden has announced a major push to increase vaccination in the united states to combat the omicron variant. let s get the latest on coronavirus in the uk. scotland has cancelled the official hogmanany parade in edinburgh, but borisjohnson says there won t be any new restrictions coming into effect before christmas, in england. the uk reported 90,629 cases on tues
326 million years ago. then, the north east of england would have had a tropical climate. dr neil davies from cambridge university told us more about the discovery. discovered by chance. we were out on the beach, just looking around at the rocks for a bit of a geological holiday, and as the sun was setting we saw that there was a boulder that had fallen from the cliff face, split down the middle. and then just looked inside and realised there was a big fossil there. so i went back the following morning and, yeah, we realise that it was a gigantic millipede in the middle of this rock. because we knew there were these large millipedes around at the time because they ve left trackways and there are small fragments of these fossils. it s just very rare to find a whole one. so we didn t really believe what it was to begin with. so we took photos and sent them around various experts, and then realise that, yes, it is indeed to this giant millipede. so we got permission and then went back and
They were the largest animals to ever walk the Earth: sauropods, a dinosaur clade of such immense size and stature, they re sometimes dubbed thunder lizards .