Anomalocaris - Tumblr Posts
I love how Anomalocaris was the first apex predator to ever exist and yet we see it as a cute, friendly creature who would love to receive head pats (I certainly do)
anomalocaris would be the perfect animal for aquarium touch tanks like they have for stingrays if not for the fact they went extinct 500 million years ago
More silly little doodols and a Kiwibara
why was my subconscious SO afraid of this thing
I just had a horrible dream that was half taken up by me being stuck in a corner too scared to move because a tiny anomalocaris was lookin at me
tribute to anomalocaris
cambrian abc for art class ...
STUPID anomalocarises
It's the Cambrian Explosion!! ~ 🎶
----------------------------------------------------------
Opabinia:
Anomalocaris:
Trilobite:
----------------------------------------------------------
Recently, I have been very interested in these small ancient creatures because of my current college project. And since I'm proud of these arts (it's been so long since my last traditional artwork -w-"), I decided to post them here, even though they aren't very related to my main content X"D.
It's the Cambrian Explosion!! ~ 🎶
----------------------------------------------------------
Opabinia:
Anomalocaris:
Trilobite:
----------------------------------------------------------
Recently, I have been very interested in these small ancient creatures because of my current college project. And since I'm proud of these arts (it's been so long since my last traditional artwork -w-"), I decided to post them here, even though they aren't very related to my main content X"D.
anomalomiku. anomikucaris. anomalous shrimpku. Its her freacking birthday !
STUPID anomalocarises
(psps. if you like these funny guys check out the little anomalocaris tag .. there are more)
Thinking about it, the squishiness makes perfect sense, particularly given that fossils of the claws (frontal apendages) and mouthparts (oral cones) were the first parts of the critter to be discovered and (mis)identified...
Speaking of which, I'm sure you know this already but I just think it's cool, the reason for the name Anomalocaris is because it was named for the frontal apendage (grasping claw thing) which was originally thought to be the body of a weird shrimp-like creature, hence the meaning of the latin name, 'weird shrimp' (or more accurately, 'abnormal shrimp' or 'unlike other shrimps')...
If you didn't know, when people call anomalocaris a shrimp It's just jokey! Shrimp are arthropods like insects and arachnids. Anomalocarids were more like arthropod adjacent or according to some models part of a group ancestral to proper arthropods.
Velvet worms are the only modern example of anything possibly related to them, and anomalocaris would have had the same soft worm-like anatomy. YES even educational materials and scientific diagrams give it a jointed hard exoskeleton but yes this is just wrong and we actually knew it was wrong for most of the time we've known about them. They were squishy like a big caterpillar!
And where, exactly, might one purchase this amazing creation? 🤔
They turned him into a shaboingboing
take some time to notice your vision. see how easily you detect motion. focus on something in your peripheral (without moving your eyes to it). see how it works. look at your hands. pick something up with your fingers. appreciate how ridiculously specialized they are in fine motor skills (even if your personal motor skills are lackluster). think about how you have a body built to be an apex predator through use of tools. think about how the brain of your kind has created a digital hivemind uniting the whole world. now look back at the screen. look at the tab where you are in an argument about cartoons on tumblr. close the tab. open a new tab. google “tribute to anomalocaris”. watch the video that comes up. leave a like. subscribe even though the channel has been inactive for 8 years. you will need it in the coming times
❤THIS BLOG IS A SAFE SPACE FOR ANOMALOCARIS❤
🥺PLEASE COME BACK TO US, SWEET PRINCESS 🥺
I've seen a lot of pictures of this Anomalocaris toy, but too few that look really cool, so I ordered one and took it to the beach for a photo shoot =D
I think it's funny ^_^
Anomalocaris (toy) 11.07.2023
Nikon D3100 18-55 mm