Petra 6A
http://www.cbc.ca/video/news/audioplayer.html?clipid=2166737038
Nov. 12th 2011
66 Legs of Discovery
In 2000, buried deep in the Burgess Shale located in the Rocky Mountains, an amazing discovery is made: The 3m long track way of an ancient predator known as the Tegopelte. The track ways were about 12-15cm wide, telling to paleontologist Nicolas Minter, who was studying this fantastic creature, that the width of the Tegopelte was 12-15cm. They found that the Tegopelte had 33 pairs of legs and that each track was spaced around 20cm apart. They also found the way that the prehistoric animal walked. It placed one pair of feet down and then quickly raised it up while putting down the one behind it. This method of walking is similar to that of the millipede. The Tegopelte was a predator on the ancient sea floor over 500 million yrs ago.
My Thoughts
I think that it’s really cool to learn about creatures from the past, and that the Tegopelte is a fascinating creature. I enjoyed learning a=everything I could about it.
That is very interesting and a fun fact 2 learn. but i think that u should write about something more current.
ReplyDelete-sooyoung