Google Arts and Culture App Lets You View Ancient Creatures in ARThe Cambropachycope is going to haunt my dreams.

Google has spent years developing 3D models that you can view and manipulate in the real world using smartphone-based AR.老虎,velociraptors,Iron Manandeven Childish Gambino— I've enjoyed summoning them all from the comfort of my living room. A Cambropachycope, though? Thanks but no thanks. Google'slatest AR offeringis an ancient crustacean with a large black eye covered in tiny lenses. It's a fascinating piece of history that just so happens to be absolutely terrifying, too — especially when it's sat on your desk or coffee table, staring at you like an abandoned design fromAliensorPrometheus.

If you're a scaredy-cat like me, you might appreciate some of the other animals that Google has prepared in partnership with Moscow's State Darwin Museum and London's Natural History Museum. These include theAegirocassis, a sea creature that lived 480 million years ago, a reef-dwellingspotted trunkfish, anda digital recreation of the whale skeletonthat is currently suspended from the ceiling of the Natural History Museum's Hintze Hall. All of these are available to view through the Google Arts & Culture app, an encyclopaedic piece of software that also offersart galleries,cave paintingsand theApollo 11 Command Modulein AR.