The Tully Monster & Other Problematic Creatures

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There are animals in the fossil record that challenge some of our most basic ideas about what animals are supposed to look like. If there ever was a monster on this planet that was worthy of the name, it might have been the Tully Monster.

Produced in collaboration with PBS Digital Studios: http://youtube.com/pbsdigitalstudios

Image credits:
Banffia - Royal Ontario Museum, Jean-Bernard Caron: http://www.burgess-shale.rom.on.ca/

Thanks to Julio Lacerda and Studio 252mya for the Tully Monster illustration. You can find more of Julio's work here: https://252mya.com/gallery/julio-lacerda

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References:
http://news.yale.edu/2016/03/1....6/solving-mystery-tu
http://www.nature.com/nature/j....ournal/v532/n7600/ab
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https://www.sciencedaily.com/r....eleases/2017/02/1702
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