The Burgess Shale Revisited . . . in PLUSH

[truepenny]

So in the comments to my review of Wonderful Life, an alert reader mentioned purchasing a plush Opabinia. I think I withstood temptation for about 18 hours before I just couldn't stand it any longer and had to Google "plush opabinia," whereupon I discovered that not only does such a thing exist, there's more than one. There's Opabinia in brown, blue and red, yellow and blue, yellow and orange, blue and purple, mottled green and blue . . . Anomalocaris also appears in plush, as do Hallucigenia and Wiwaxia and Perspicaris and Ottoia and Amiskwia and, I admit it, my absolute favorite, Sidneyia:

I love Sidneyia inexpectans with all my foolish weirdo heart. Can't even tell you why.