"The very first eyes, the first mouths, the first claws and teeth." Uncovering Mother Nature’s crazy experimental phase over half a billion years ago: bit.ly/2W95ifd @firstanimalsdoc @ROMToronto

Tomorrow at 3:00 pm, join us a screening of First Animals and hear from Dr. Jean-Bernard Caron from the ROM about the making of this documentary and from Dr. Duncan McIlroy of MUN to learn about our part in these new discoveries. ow.ly/yFbh50wU9KQ

UTSC Biology First Animals Royal Ontario Museum Parks Canada U of T Scarborough Research & Innovation University of Toronto EEB Gonna bust the popcorn out for this!🍿 #UTSC #UofT

UTSC Biology First Animals Royal Ontario Museum Parks Canada University of Toronto Scarborough U of T Scarborough Research & Innovation University of Toronto EEB Is it too early to start the fan club?

We were honoured to host the premiere screening of First Animals by @CBCdocs, followed by a panel discussion featuring ROM palaeontologist Dr. Jean-Bernard Caron, host Maydianne Andrade, and director/producer Andrew Gregg.

First Animals CBC Docs They discussed the challenges of shooting in the Rockies. In addition to transporting equipment, water is ltd- they used tarps to collect it for things like dish-washing. Forest fires also affected visibility: "It was so smoky, we were saying it was like flying into Mordor."

First Animals CBC Docs “Why do we have the animals as we know them today?” asks Jean-Bernard Caron. “And that relates to an even deeper question, which is, where do we come from?” Explore these questions with First Animals, now available for streaming on CBC Gem! cbc.ca/natureofthings…

Earth’s very first animals were strange, alien-like creatures that eventually evolved into all animals, including us. Now streaming: bit.ly/2Wk0nIv First Animals Parks Canada @ROMToronto

The fossils of the Burgess Shale are so amazing because they preserve soft tissues from animals that lived over 500 million years ago. The First Animals were all invertebrates except for a tiny creature called Metaspriggina buff.ly/2prAVEA

This is a 3D animation video of the Antomalocaris organism. Copyright ROM Red Trillium Films Inc. Lars Fields©Lars Fields

Thank you SO much Dan Johnson for sharing the film with your Biogeography class! That is fantastic! Amazing, all the best on the trip. What were your top three moments/memories from your trip to the #BurgessShale ?

First Animals “What were your top three moments...” One was the field trip I organized for the World Orthopterists’ Conference, in Canmore. People from a dozen nations were in awe of the site and the paleoecology. On another trip my daughters found new trilobites. Thank you to the Foundation.

The discovery of what Jean-Bernard Caron coined "The Spaceship" revealed that to date, it is the largest predator scoring the sea floor in the Cambrian Period buff.ly/2prAVEA

This is a 3D animation video of the Hallucigenia organism. Copyright ROM Red Trillium Films Inc. Lars Fields©Lars Fields

This is a 3D animation video of the Hurdia organism. Copyright ROM Red Trillium Films Inc. Lars Fields©Lars Fields

This is a 3D animation video of the Marella organism. Copyright ROM Red Trillium Films Inc. Lars Fields©Lars Fields #fossilfridays #TheRoyalOntarioMuseum #TheROMToronto #UofT #MemorialUniversity #RedTrilliumFilms #FirstAnimalsDoc #TheNatureOfThings #CBCTNoT #documentary

This is a 3D animation video of the Olenoides organism. Copyright ROM Red Trillium Films Inc. Lars Fields©Lars Fields #fossilfridays #TheRoyalOntarioMuseum #TheROMToronto #UofT #MemorialUniversity #RedTrilliumFilms #FirstAnimalsDoc #TheNatureOfThings #CBCTNoT #documentary

This is a 3D animation video of the Opabinia organism. Copyright ROM Red Trillium Films Inc. Lars Fields©Lars Fields #fossilfridays #TheRoyalOntarioMuseum #TheROMToronto #UofT #MemorialUniversity #RedTrilliumFilms #FirstAnimalsDoc #TheNatureOfThings #CBCTNoT #documentary