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Opabinia

Illustration of Opabinia with five eyes and what look like scales.
(

Nobu Tamura , Wikimedia Commons

)

Opabinia was a strange looking creature: it had five mushroom-like eyes that allowed it to see predators approaching from many directions.

August 2013
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