Talk:Spriggina
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In one speculative view, a spriggina would wriggle up onto a stationary frond-like, mushroom-like or plant-like lifeform, release digestive juices, let the juices loosen up the victim's flesh, and them absorb it internally.
It may actually be the mouth that was the Cambrian-explosion-triggering device, not eyesight, as is commonly speculated. A mouth allows one to eat on the run. This could explain why the precambrian critters mostly dissappeared: they were overly adapted to external digestion such that they couldn't get away from preditors and digest food at the same time.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.183.137.111 (talk • contribs)
- Cite reliable sources for this speculation, and it can be used. -- Donald Albury 11:49, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Material by User:Philcha moved from Cambrian explosion
The following could use incorporation here. Smith609 Talk 20:42, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
but its body segments seem to be offset across the midline rather than being symmetrically paired as as they are in all known arthropods;[1]
Done08:01, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
