{"product_id":"anomalocaris-arthropod-soft-stuffed-plush-toy","title":"Anomalocaris Arthropod Soft Stuffed Plush Toy","description":"\u003ch2\u003eONE UNUSUAL SHRIMP\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e❃\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Half a billion years ago, when most of life on Earth was still small, soft, and tentative, \u003cem\u003eAnomalocaris\u003c\/em\u003e was the apex predator of the world's seas. Reaching up to a metre in length at a time when most animals measured in millimetres, it cruised the shallow Cambrian oceans on a fringe of rippling side flaps, hunting trilobites and other early arthropods with a pair of grasping appendages and a strange circular mouth lined with serrated plates.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e❃\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e  Its name — Latin for \"abnormal shrimp\" — comes from one of the great misidentifications in palaeontology. When the first fossils were discovered in the Burgess Shale of British Columbia in the late 1800s, the creature was so unlike anything alive that its scattered parts were described as three separate animals: a shrimp, a jellyfish, and a sea cucumber. It took nearly a century before researchers finally pieced the fragments together and realised they were looking at a single, far stranger predator.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e❃\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe eyes of Anomalocaris alone are remarkable — compound structures with as many as sixteen thousand individual lenses, giving it some of the sharpest vision of any animal of its era. As a top predator at the dawn of complex life, it helped drive the evolutionary arms race we now call the Cambrian Explosion, accelerating the emergence of armour, speed, and defensive behaviours across the early animal kingdom. The first great hunter, and one of the strangest the planet has ever produced. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0266\/5817\/7121\/files\/5_0f7a4468-0945-4897-a0bc-f092f4228ef7_480x480.png?v=1637646035\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e53cm x 33cm x 8cm \/ 20.9\" x 13\" x 3.1\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMain Materials: Polyester\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eInner Filling: 100% Recycled Polyester Fibers (RPET) ♻️ \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"7,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"56\"\u003e(Each plush rescues approximately 5 discarded plastic bottles from our oceans)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSafety \u0026amp; Care\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSafety Recommendations: Suitable for ages 12 and above\u003cbr\u003eCare Instructions: Machine wash gently or hand wash with mild soap. Air dry only. Do not tumble dry, dry clean, or iron.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003e📌 \u003cb data-index-in-node=\"3\" data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003eCrafted for Curiosity, Made for the Planet ♻️\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-index-in-node=\"0\" data-path-to-node=\"5,0\"\u003e\"We believe in preserving the incredible biodiversity of our planet—both past and present. That is why our plush collection is as sustainable as it is educational.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003eBehind the realistic details of our \u003cstrong\u003eAnomalocaris\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb data-index-in-node=\"36\" data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003e plush\u003c\/b\u003e lies a deeper commitment to the environment:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7,0,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-index-in-node=\"0\" data-path-to-node=\"7,0,0\"\u003eThe 5-Bottle Promise:\u003c\/b\u003e To create the fluffy, huggable interior of this \u003cstrong\u003eAnomalocaris\u003c\/strong\u003e, we rescue and repurpose exactly \u003cb data-index-in-node=\"121\" data-path-to-node=\"7,0,0\"\u003e5 discarded plastic bottles\u003c\/b\u003e that would otherwise pollute our marine and land ecosystems.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7,1,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-index-in-node=\"0\" data-path-to-node=\"7,1,0\"\u003eCertified Recycled Fiber (RPET):\u003c\/b\u003e We turn plastic waste into premium, hypoallergenic cloud-soft stuffing. 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