Could You Survive The Cambrian Explosion?

In the ocean, the Cambrian Period was one of startling evolutionary innovations, but on land, it was barren, with no vegetation of any kind. In this strange world before plants made their way onto land…could you survive?

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[Rutdas]

All that seafood, and butter won’t be around for millions of years. I’d die.

[lolly]

Always concerning when your first issue to deal with while time traveling is, 'can I breathe in this time period'.

[BlairsVaultOfStarsAndDreams]

Scurvy is going to be a surprisingly major concern for any trip to a time period before fruits and vegetables.😂

[watertypesevers]

I’d survive because my wife, Anomalocaris, is there with me

[charliemopps]

I'd be worried about surprise allergens. We really have no idea what proteins any of those animals had in them. The potential to eat some random weird animal and then die from anaphylaxis would probably be my biggest concern.

[Anderson-ftc]

Fun facts hallucinogenia couldn't walk back.

It could only walk forward until all of its enemy were destroyed.

[JusufBideovic]

I really appreciate Kallie's intros in these podcasts, so soothing, calming but also interesting. Thank you for your work! <3

[one_field]

If you could only bring one item... a blanket would be a big deal. It can be a sunshade tarp during the day, a towel when you get out of the water, collection bag for hauling food up to your cave, and bedroll at night. Plus, source of bandages/strips for wrapping injuries.

[sephikong]

RIP Anomalocaris, you were a real one, can't believe it's been 500 Millions years since you left us

[JamesonNichols]

Being forced to eat seafood and no fruit sounds like a hell I want no part of 😅

[Spaceesquid]

10:15 am, zooted, coffee in hand and now I'm in the Cambrian period ... Well That Escalated quickly 😂

[ariavachier-lagravech.]

As long as you keep moving forward and destroying your enemies you could survive

[himanbam]

My ancestors actually lived through the Cambrian period. So I think I should be okay

[Secret_Takodachi]

Can't be any harder than trying to survive on minimum wage work in America.

[ThoughtsAreReal]

My guess: my presence in the Cambrian would be very brief but my microbiome would destroy the world.

[monkofdarktimes]

This comment is under the Trilobites Guild. True Trilobite food for true Trilobites

[waverod]

My plan for a Cambrian trip:
1. Locate the Cambrian location of one of the most notable fossil beds of this time.
2. Go to this spot.
3. Open the time travel pod long enough to drop something durable and obviously fashioned (my first thought is a stainless steel butter knife).
4. Return to the present.
5. Enjoy the chaos as paleontologists try to figure out how such an object could possibly have been found there.

[thebeautyoflife]

“It’s a warm, wet world”
I’m already out

[baileescott]

"Do they really know if that's a Mollusk?" 🤣🤣🤣 I feel so validated because sometimes I question taxonomy like this