Opabinia

Opabinia

6cm Long

North America: Alberta Canada

Cambrian (508-487 MYA)

Carnivore

Invertebrate

'''This tiny primitive alien looking invertebrate would have spent it's entire life searching for food using it's long mouth to grab any tiny any animals it can jet it's mouth on and would have been able to locate this tiny food most likely primitive plankton-like creatures with it's 5 optical eyeballs, which is odd even in nature. This strange creature would have moved around using it's tail and the strange fin-like organs on both sides of it's body to help it turn into a different direction. The reason why it was able survive for at least 21 millions years was probably thanks due to it's tiny size for it may have been too small for most animals to see though it may have died out due to differences in the temperature in the water or that there is very little to eat around. '''

Opabinia had a softer body unlike those other invertebrates that lived in the Cambrian period and would have lived in a much more shallow waters than some other invertebrates for their bodies were not capable yet in living much more deeper waters.