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Anomalocaris ("unlike other shrimp", or "abnormal shrimp") is an extinct genus of radiodont, an order of early-diverging stem-group marine arthropods.. It is best known from the type species A. canadensis, found in the Stephen Formation (particularly the Burgess Shale) of British Columbia, Canada.
Plutomurus ortobalaganensis is the deepest terrestrial animal ever found on Earth, living at 1,980 metres (6,500 ft) below a cave entrance. [1] [2] It is a species of springtail endemic to the Krubera-Voronja cave system in Abkhazia, Georgia. It was discovered in the CAVEX Team expedition of 2010. [3]
The body cavity is a haemocoel, an open circulatory system, filled with a colourless fluid. The body covering is a cuticle that is replaced when the animal moults; it contains hardened (sclerotised) proteins and chitin but is not calcified. Each leg ends in one or more claws according to the species; in some species, the claws are modified as ...
These weird animals barely resembled life today — squashy fans, tubes and doughnuts, and discs such as Dickinsonia, which grew up to 4.6 feet (1.4 meters) in size, and the sluglike Kimberella.
The Most Extreme is a documentary television series on the American cable television network Animal Planet.It first aired on July 7, 2002. Each episode focuses on a specific animal feature, such as strength, speed, behavior, anatomy, or diet, and examines and ranks ten animals that portray extreme or unusual examples of that quality.
Researchers found the animal hiding in the bamboo. ... ‘Large’-eyed mountain creature — with bumpy body — discovered as new species in China. Aspen Pflughoeft. February 22, 2024 at 1:15 PM ...
The animal was noted for its strange pouch or "second belly", and how the offspring reached the pouch was a mystery. [ 56 ] [ 57 ] On the other hand, it was the Portuguese who first described Australasian marsupials.
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