In the beginning, long before the trees and the stick people, there were simple sticks lying around the ocean floor. This was during the Mesozoic era — The Age of Reptiles — that began around 200 million years ago. Although scientists are still studying the situation today, no one is certain how these sticks were originally formed. Theories abound, but far more is known about these First Sticks. Brontosauruses and Pterodactyls apparently played tug of war with these sticks –a game very similar to Fetchstix tussles between two canines.
Around the end of the Mezozoic, in the Cretaceous era (about 60 million years ago) the sticks began sprouting branches. Imagine a pollywog, and you’ll get the general idea. At first the branches were like fins, and the Sticks had a joyous time swimming around, playing Marco Polo, and escaping the dinosaur’s claws. But as the decades passed the limbs grew longer, sturdier, and more flexible. It was at this point in their development when these stick creatures - for creatures are what they then were - began crawling towards the shore.
