The Three Eyed Monster of the Cambrian | Stanleycaris

[@BugsandBiology]

Apologies for the crooked glasses - I don’t know if the spider weighed them down or what…

[@gravy3907]

all good but just outta Curiosity whos your friend crawlin around ?

[@TheBullethead]

I totally like like the vibe of your videos. The big spider crawling onl your face totally ignored while you deliver your narration with an impeccable Brit accent. And under all that, you impart top-level knowledge. Keep it up.

[@BugsandBiology]

I kinda feel like my accent has been imperceptibly turning more and more British as time goes on. Definitely not complaining though.

[@TheBullethead]

@@BugsandBiology Well, my own accent has been turning more and more Cajun from Texan as time goes on, so nowadays only my neighbors can understand me. So I think your path is the better one :)

[@AdventureswithAmbrose]

@@gravy3907 🕷A gorgeous Golden Huntsman (Beregama aurea) 🕷

[@bugtalk84]

The wonderfully bizarre creatures of the Cambrian period look like the kind of creatures that you'd might find on an alien planet.

[@chadgorosaurus4898]

To those animals, the future is full of aliens

[@BugsandBiology]

Honestly, it’s we four-limbed tetrapods that are the weird ones in the grand scheme of things.

[@musluktandokulenkarabatak]

I always get excited when learn something about Cambrian Period. I wish I could see those times once.

[@Cec9e13]

"What in Sauron's left testicle" is an excellent phrase.

[@samhaines8228]

Love the Cambrian and the creatures we have been able to find or visualize. Stellar animation by the way; It would be terrific to see your illustrations move one day.

[@kade-qt1zu]

Does anyone else feel that the Cambrian has huge potential for a movie?

[@BugsandBiology]

Welcome…To Cambrian Park.

[@AdventureswithAmbrose]

Awesome edit, and great guest appearance by your gorgeous golden huntsman 🕷

[@TheMraksmith]

Great work there!

[@BugsandBiology]

Cheers!

[@dukethespider]

Gotta love the mimetics. Soon we will see you swimming like a radiodont while explaining the mechanisms of underwater locomotion. Also the proper pronunciation of organisms will never die. I was very surprised the internals survived. That's amazing! I also like how some art makes it look almost cute when it has black eyes, but when you make it look like a mantis shrimp, it's way less adorable. Still strange an eye looks like a nose.

[@BugsandBiology]

Definitely agree about the cute reconstructions! What I find most endearing about Stanleycaris is that armour plate at the front that resembles a big round nose.

[@user-nd7rg5er5g]

Agreed, I thought that part was cute. :)

[@martink9481]

What a great introduction to the video... ... and then the spider pooped on the jacket, I nearly died from laughing, epic!

[@jemjam4077]

I like the way you talk, thank you for this informative video. Also I kept watching the spider as it crawled around on you lol

[@tobiasware]

Thanks for this video, Jackson. As always, the information is interesting, and the presentation is entertaining. Don't change your format, please.

[@deathmachine777]

Great material!

[@reptilions]

i love ur vids man, you have helped me start studdying bioligy.

[@wawrow_-]

RAHHH I LOVE RADIODONTS ❤❤❤❤❤❤🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@BugsandBiology]

They are a fascinating group of animals for sure!

[@blandp11]

Very good. Keep it coming!

[@BugsandBiology]

Thanks! I certainly will

[@DinoMan99000]

Very interesting, I wonder what happened to Stanleycaris from a genetic/evolutionary perspective that caused it to develop a third eye. Maybe it got jealous of Opabinia lol.

[@BugsandBiology]

Haha. Opabinia hogging all the attention for being the multi-eyed freak.

[@IC1101-Capinatator]

@@BugsandBiologyKylinxia was probably jealous too. It also had a median eye!

[@gravy3907]

dam i need a bigger boat i mean pokedex :) great vid mate

[@Chickenandfriends-dj4vt]

Hahaha yes, good save this time! 5:02

[@BugsandBiology]

Not gonna catch me again!

[@Mark-mu4pj]

Cheers great video

[@agentvictoria4021]

cowriter speedran causing a film delay

[@terrypitt-brooke8367]

two thumbs up!

[@rursus8354]

If you study Anomalocaris fossils, it is not out of the question that it had 3 eyes too.

[@BugsandBiology]

If I recall correctly, the same has been said for other Radiodonts like Peytoia too. Would be an interesting development if that turned out to be the norm.

[@TheAnticlinton]

@@BugsandBiology This proves opabinia wasn't as unusual for the time as once thought, and now we have a better idea regarding its philogeneitc placement. Now nectocaris and the tully monster are the real mysteries

[@BugsandBiology]

Plus Opabinia is now known to have had at least two relatives, both of which also had five eyes. In fact a fair few of the more well-known Cambrian weirdos aren’t quite as unique as we used to think they were - could say the same for Hallucigenia.

[@TheAnticlinton]

@@BugsandBiology Yeah, it also seems ecdysozoans at least, have much more variability in number of eyes, regardless of evenness or oddness, compared to chordates.Will you make any videos doing a deep dive regarding arthropod internal anatomy, as in different muscle types, nerves, oesophagus, etc?

[@JerrySpoonpuncher]

What is the structure in front of the middle eye and between the appendages?

[@BugsandBiology]

That’s an armour plate

[@VincentNajger1]

@7:38 where crawlyboi?

[@BugsandBiology]

Went in my jumper haha

[@zipperman1448]

It would be so amazing to see any of the cambrian animals alive

[@BugsandBiology]

Indeed. Screw Jurassic Park - I'd give anything for Cambrian Park.

[@tomholroyd7519]

Actors say, never work with animals.

[@floweytheflower5261]

Stanley

[@GoodrichthysEskdalensis]

3:51 Didn't Echidnacaris have non-stalked eyes?

[@BugsandBiology]

Yeah my bad, that one slipped under the radar. And an Aussie species too!

[@GoodrichthysEskdalensis]

@@BugsandBiology It's an understandable mistake. It can be pretty easy to forget about exceptions when it's only a few species that don't conform.

[@DragonBro228]

i need a paleo breakdown on my boi amplectobelua

[@BugsandBiology]

It’ll be coming someday! That genus has been on my to-do list for a while.

[@DragonBro228]

@@BugsandBiology awesome! Great to see another giant cambrian giant to see some recognition.

[@РоманКарле-м4ы]

Теперь представьте если бы он насил очки

[@brianedwards7142]

What this needs is a B/W or Eastmancolour filter and some projector noise. JK

[@peytoia]

hey uh, you got a little something on your face there.

[@peytoia]

cute spider btw! what species? their vibes are great

[@BugsandBiology]

She’s a Beregama aurea - golden huntsman. Super docile spiders, especially as adults.

[@mardethkellerman1182]

Is the third eye on this thing an evolutionary offshoot/ cousin to the 3rd eye ocelii we see in things like wasps and bees? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_eye_in_invertebrates?wprov=sfla1

[@BugsandBiology]

To be honest, I’m not entirely sure. Could just be analogous.

[@TheAnticlinton]

@@BugsandBiology Why did chelicerates lose compound eyes?