The following is an epic tale, an epic tale that took place nearly 540 million years ago.
Around this time, on the pale blue cosmic dot that would later become known as Earth, life was quite tranquil and hassle-free. Back then, almost all of our ancestors were water dwellers, who would just float about in the serenity of the oceans, munching on sources of food only if they were to float by them. Yes, this was quite different than the predatory, stressful, and stimulating world of today.
Suddenly, something quite curious occurred. In a comparatively short period of time that followed, there was an explosion in the number and variety of animal species present on our planet. In only a span of about 20 million years that came after, the kind of creatures you could find on our watery earth drastically changed. They changed from the occasional single-celled organisms...
