Dinosaurs got the best of everything!

[vince0]

Now we only get measly grocer shrimp and stuff! See article below!

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/05/110526-giant-sea-fossils-science-nature-briggs-anomalocaridids/

[Ursus sapien]

a fine addition for the nano tank hobby;-)

[Wingin' It]

hahaha...they may have got the best, but look who's in our museums now! lol

[CACAdmin]

Now there was a critter that's make a sizeable meal!

[jewels]

Its those eyes. Bizzar.

That shrimpy has compound eyes - like an insect
http://www.daviddarling.info/images/compound_eye_detail.jpg
http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/C/compound_eye.html
Whereas the cephlapods had pinhole eyes

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Pinhole_eye.svg/218px-Pinhole_eye.svg.png
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/media/74661/Steps-in-the-evolution-of-the-eye-as-reflected-in
http://wapedia.mobi/thumb/7ef4502/en/fixed/400/273/Pinhole-camera.svg?format=jpg
These developed in the Devonian Period and evolved through Jurassic and lower Cretaceous.

I enjoy completely differing approaches to the same end.

There are still shrimp around there are still mullosks around. Both systems work.

, , , and if I were to find one I would lock it up and feed it nothing but garlic butter for a week - Hansel style.

[CACAdmin]

Intesting how creatures have evolved. When it comes to eyes and how differently from humans that creature see, I find it's one of the more difficult concepts for me to truly imagine.

, , , and if I were to find one I would lock it up and feed it nothing but garlic butter for a week - Hansel style.
:laugh: I'm right with you on that one.