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Opabinia

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This animal lived long ago.

20191108 Opabinia regalis.png
20191108 Opabinia regalis.png
It lived on the sea floor. It had five eyes on its head. It used a long nose to find food. This helped it eat. Do you think it was strange?

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File:20210809 Opabinia regalis digestive system.png
20210809 Opabinia regalis digestive system.png
File:Adult priapulid 2.jpg
Adult priapulid 2.jpg
File:Velvet worm.png
Velvet worm.png
File:SEM image of Milnesium tardigradum in active state - journal.pone.0045682.g001-2 (white background).png
SEM image of Milnesium tardigradum in...
File:H. sparsa (white background).jpg
H. sparsa (white background).jpg
File:20191112_Pambdelurion_whittingtoni.png
20191112_Pambdelurion_whittingtoni.png
File:20191022 Kerygmachela kierkegaardi without lobopods.png
20191022 Kerygmachela kierkegaardi...
File:20191108 Opabinia regalis.png
20191108 Opabinia regalis.png
File:20220212 Utaurora comosa.png
20220212 Utaurora comosa.png
File:20210626_Anomalocaris.png
20210626_Anomalocaris.png
File:Aptostichus simus Monterey County.jpg
Aptostichus simus Monterey County.jpg
File:A comparison of Opabinia and Utaurora.jpg
A comparison of Opabinia and Utaurora.jpg

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