My Favourite Monster
EP 34: Hallucigenia - The wierdest creature that ever lived
In this episode we travel back 500 million years to look at the pure and unadulterated nightmare fuel of the Cambrian explosion. In particular the weirdest creature named after a literal hallucination: Hallucigenia.
* How many pikachu's can you impale on it's back spines?
* Which end is the front?
* Why don't more tentacles have teeth?
* Why is the D&D version 25ft long and backwards?
Show notes!
Hallucigenia walking (Cambridge university)
Green Hallucigenia
Opabinia
Anomalocaris
Wiwaxia
(and do image searches for the above on google)
Dragon magazine #204, TSR, Creatures that Time Forgot
Tree of life: https://www.evogeneao.com/en/learn/tree-of-life <-- there are lots of variations, this one shows the Cambrian explosion nicely.
In this episode we travel back 500 million years to look at the pure and unadulterated nightmare fuel of the Cambrian explosion. In particular the weirdest creature named after a literal hallucination: Hallucigenia.
* How many pikachu's can you impale on it's back spines?
* Which end is the front?
* Why don't more tentacles have teeth?
* Why is the D&D version 25ft long and backwards?
Show notes!
Hallucigenia walking (Cambridge university)
Green Hallucigenia
Opabinia
Anomalocaris
Wiwaxia
(and do image searches for the above on google)
Dragon magazine #204, TSR, Creatures that Time Forgot
Tree of life: https://www.evogeneao.com/en/learn/tree-of-life <-- there are lots of variations, this one shows the Cambrian explosion nicely.