The Next 550 Million Years?

30May09

When I was looking for the name of these trilobites, I came across this post. I was struck by the description of one of the little critters, “wandering away from it’s hatch-mates, poking its feelers through the sand, over a rock, feeding, respiring, evading detection by predators”.

By the sounds of it, there wasn’t much fun around while the wee things were alive. And subsequently, I thought about how boring it must be – stuck in a rock somewhere for 550 million years. I’ve been stuck in places (towns, jobs, etc.) and always found my way out, but it wasn’t sedimentary rock and I’m not a fossil trilobite.

I reckoned the little chaps needed a bit of a boost, so I built them some transport. I picture them scooting around space on their little rocketships, spooking the team on the Nostromo and hitching a ride on the Millenium Falcon

Trilobite Rocketships - Elrathia kingii

Trilobite Rocketships - Elrathia kingii

So, although it probably won’t be for the entire next 550 million years, I hope they have some fun.

P.S. These trilobites are the species Elrathia kingii, which I think is a wonderful name.  In the film (of my trilobites scooting through space in their rocketships) the queen of the trilobites should be played by Elsa Lanchester.

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