Of the millions of animals on earth today (including insects, spiders, fish, mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians) about 95 per cent of them can trace their origin to the Burgess Shale.
Some Burgess Shale animals showed signs of handedness. Scientists believe that they were among some of the first right- and left-handed creatures on the planet.
A picture of Mount Burgess in Field, BC was featured for 17 years on the Canadian $10 bill.
