I am anamalocaris.  

Meaning of my name:  strange shrimp.

What I am: no one is really sure, I look like a cross between a manta ray and a lobster, and I have a wicked mouth unlike any other that looks like circular saw with teeth turned inwards.

My size:  up to 6 feet, probably around 100-200 lbs.

My family:  I seem to have significant unique features not found on anyone else, and I lack key features that would definitely identify me as members of any larger family.

My senses:  I have more facets in my compound eyes than any others.  I can form high resolution stereo images using each facet as a pixel.  I may even have color vision.



Ask away:

Ever been to a good Aussie barbeque?

(March 20, 2018 at 12:54 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: Ever been to a good Aussie barbeque?

Yes. Smoked kangaroo was delicious.

(March 20, 2018 at 12:55 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote:

(March 20, 2018 at 12:54 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: Ever been to a good Aussie barbeque?

Yes. Smoked kangaroo was delicious.

But you survived?

For some reason my fellow countrymen are legendary for shrimp on the barbie.

Aren't you supposed to be extinct?

(March 20, 2018 at 1:02 pm)Cathooloo Wrote: Aren't you supposed to be extinct?

Apparently not.  Even though many people jumped to that conclusion.

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(March 20, 2018 at 12:56 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote:

(March 20, 2018 at 12:55 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: Yes.  Smoked kangaroo was delicious.

But you survived?

For some reason my fellow countrymen are legendary for shrimp on the barbie.

This shrimp is happy to get on any Barbie.

Drawn butter or a cognac sauce?

Were you or any of your friend injured in the explosion?


(Pre-Cambrian explosion.)

What was it like living in the world before god was invented?

(March 20, 2018 at 1:12 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: Were you or any of your friend injured in the explosion?


(Pre-Cambrian explosion.)

Yes. Many of them were petrified.

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(March 20, 2018 at 1:14 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: What was it like living in the world before  god was invented?

It was awful, swimming around, chewing on trilobites all day without knowing how I will be saved and where I will be saved to.