By Danna Staaf
Many species streamlined their shells and extra shielding spines, yet those improvements basically supplied a short virtue. a few cephalopods then deserted the shell totally, which opened the gates to a flood of evolutionary options: masterful camouflage, fin-supplemented jet propulsion, even perhaps dolphin-like intelligence.
Squid Empire is an epic experience spanning thousands of thousands of years, from the marine lifetime of the primordial ocean to the calamari on tonight’s menu. somebody who enjoys the undersea world—along with all these enthusiastic about issues prehistoric—will have an interest within the occasionally huge, immense, frequently strange creatures that governed the seas lengthy earlier than the 1st dinosaurs.
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