Interesting Facts in Hindi: Imagine a creature that has 5 eyes, a trunk like an elephant, but in size it is as small as one of your fingers. It may sound like an alien from a science fiction movie, but about 505 million years ago, one such creature actually existed in the oceans of our Earth. strange Jeeva used to rule. Its name is Opabinia (Opabinia) Is. Cambrian period (Cambrian period) This unique creature does not match any animal of today. Let us know some such mind-blowing facts related to this miracle of nature, knowing which even scientists were surprised.
5 mushroom eyes on head
Opabinia had 5 stalk-like eyes on its head, which looked like small mushrooms or bulbs. Of these, two eyes were at the front, two at the back and one in the middle. Scientists believe that with the help of these 5 eyes, it was able to get a 360 degree view, due to which it could keep an eye all around and avoid its predators.
Trunk like an elephant!
In front of its face was a long and extremely flexible trunk, which was about one-third of its entire body length. There was a sharp thorn or claw-like structure at the end of this trunk. It used to catch hidden insects by scraping the sea sand with its trunk and then bring them to the mouth.
mouth on the back and bottom of the head
The mouth of this creature was not straight ahead, but below the trunk, at the back of the head. That is, it did not swallow the prey directly through the mouth, but used to eat it by holding it with the trunk and pulling the food backwards.
No legs, had wings for swimming
Opabinia did not have legs to walk on land. To swim in water, there were 15 pairs of flaps or wings on both sides of its body. It used to move them like waves and float them in the depths of the ocean.
‘Demon’ very small in size
Even though its structure might look like a monster from a horror movie, its actual size was very small. An average Opabinia was only 4 to 7 centimeters long including the trunk. Also read: Such a terrible punishment for love! Know who is Sylvie Yasmina, who was suffering hell in Pakistan for 12 years
When scientists laughed in the conference
In 1975, when paleontologist Harry Whittington presented the model of this creature in front of scientists for the first time in a science conference, everyone present there laughed. They thought that such a strange creature could not exist in nature and it was a joke. But later research proved that this creature was absolutely true. Also read: Can humans stoop so low? Your blood will boil after knowing what this couple did with their pet dog!
Where were its remains found?
Fossils of Opabinia were found from a place called ‘Burgess Shale’ located in British Columbia, Canada. This place is considered one of the world’s biggest treasures to understand the history of prehistoric creatures. (Source: az-animals.com/livescience.com)
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