I could have continued with the living fossils for quite a long time, since most of them are super fascinating, but I’m thinking there are other things to discuss! Maybe they’ll come back for a round 2 someday. Regarding the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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One thing I thought was pretty neat about the aardvark is that it burrows. It’ll make a bunch of little burrows and then a main one for breeding. It sort of makes sense that it survived so long, since it […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Cue the dramatic exit music! I’m out! I’m having fun with these living fossils. I hope everyone else is as well. Ginkgo’s even have a really long lifespan too. They’re in central China, so I’m doubting Red Barn or anywhere […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It seems sort of counter-intuitive that a spider that builds itself a little fort/trap would be on the side more closely resembling the first spiders, to me at least. It seems so evolved! It makes sense that they survived, though. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The modern day Komodo dragon has only been around for 4 millions years or so (…only). Their descendants, though, were from 40 million years ago or so. Komodo dragons can run around 12 miles an hour. They’re built to be […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…