Apex predator gets bit and survives, yet my group chat still hasn't recovered from last Tuesday.
520-million-year-old apex predator survived a bite, fossil shows
Scientists discovered a 520-million-year-old fossil of a Cambrian apex predator, Amplectobelua symbrachiata, bearing a healed W-shaped bite wound—likely from another predator. The find offers rare evidence of predation and survival among early arthropods, preserved in exceptional detail in China's Yu'an Formation.
Source: 520-million-year-old apex predator survived a bite, fossil shows — New Scientist
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