@cms @esther Building upon @v4169sgr's notes about comparing categories, THIS one makes my mind blow.
So a whole category of "perfect killers below water" is much older than "perfect autotrophes above earth". Even if water is older than earth, carnivores shouldn't be older than autotrophes.
@bkim @esther @v4169sgr I don't properly know enough about this past the popular factoid, but I understand a popular theory is that they've been particularly resilient against multiple mass extinction events.