Kicking off the Vathyzoic's Twitter account

While jellyfish have hardly changed in the past 300 million years, the same cannot be said about the future. Following a gamma ray burst 298 million years in the future, poplulations of photosynthetic and neotonous jellyfish explode in the absence of predators.

Tried making an animation of the neotonous jellyfish

298 million years in the future, a second sun appears on the horizon. You cover your eyes but the light persists, bright as magnesium. As birds drop from the sky, the sea glows blue with ionizing radiation, marking the dawn of the Vathyzoic era.

The gulper whake, an arboreal descendant of sea cucumbers from 540 million years in the future. They attract flying insects with their bright colours and a pungent odour.

Gliding rotazoan for the contest Salpfish a “tree” climber as well

The knumbu, an animal from 512 million years in the future. They are to sea cucumbers what whales are to fish, a secondarily aquatic animal that breathes air.