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[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

trilobites were the creature that way-back-when invented effective predation shortly after evolving vision.

The fact that their closet living relative, the horseshoe crab, has remained pretty much unchanged for up to 480 million years lends credence to the idea that their design works very well.