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00:00ancient survivors living fossils that have endured through deep time a horseshoe crab crawls across
00:07wet atlantic sand some ancient animals kept the same body plans through ice ages extinctions and
00:14shifting continents horseshoe crabs crawl onto delaware bay beaches carrying helmet-shaped
00:20shells older than many dinosaur fossils kylocanths drift in deep indian ocean caves moving lobed
00:27fins that stunned scientists after their 1938 rediscovery nautiluses pulse through indo-pacific
00:34reefs using chambered shells that echo ancient relatives from deep time crocodiles slide through
00:40tropical rivers keeping armored bodies powerful tails and ambush habits that survived huge climate
00:46shifts sturgeons swim through north american and eurasian rivers carrying bony plates and shark-like
00:53tales from ancient lineages ginkgo trees drop fan-shaped leaves in city parks preserving a
01:00plant design seen in jurassic fossil beds tuatara bask on new zealand islands showing a reptile-like
01:07body from a lineage older than many lizards lampreys cling to fish in cold rivers using jawless sucker
01:14mouths from a very old vertebrate branch dragonflies patrol ponds on transparent wings echoing giant
01:21relatives that flew above ancient swamp forests velvet worms creep through damp forests firing sticky
01:28slime from head openings to trap small prey shells armored backs sucker mouths and clear wings show old
01:35designs still moving through modern places a horseshoe crab leaves a curved trail as atlantic waves wash over the sand

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