Ask Emily #5
DO NOT CLIMB! Wherein questions are answered and arms are waved. Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thebrainscoop The Brain Scoop is written and hosted by: Emily Graslie Created By: Hank...
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Welcome to my 350 million year old Carboniferous forest! Thaaaaaat's a giant arthropod! It's question time, where you ask questions and I provide some answers... and wave my arms around a lot. Here we go! Theonewiththepoof asked: Trilobites! And you ask, what is a trilobite? A trilobite is an early arthropod! What's an arthropod? An arthropod- is a hard bodied invertebrate like our modern day lobsters and insects. Trilobites existed on the planet from about 521 to 250 million years ago, and as of right now, we know of about 20,000 different species. These tiny little, and sometimes really large, invertebrates were roaming all over the planet and they're just so cool. Maura Griffith, @maurasaurus_rex, asked: I mean there are entire museum...
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Welcome to my 350 million year old Carboniferous forest! Thaaaaaat's a giant arthropod! It's question time, where you ask questions and I provide some answers... and wave my arms around a lot. Here we go! Theonewiththepoof asked: Trilobites! And you ask, what is a trilobite? A trilobite is an early arthropod! What's an arthropod? An arthropod- is a hard bodied invertebrate like our modern day lobsters and insects. Trilobites existed on the planet from about 521 to 250 million years ago, and as of right now, we know of about 20,000 different species. These tiny little, and sometimes really large, invertebrates were roaming all over the planet and they're just so cool. Maura Griffith, @maurasaurus_rex, asked: I mean there are entire museum...
