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cm0002@lemy.lol to Science@mander.xyz · 4 months ago

A Carnivorous ‘Death Ball’ Has Emerged from the Deep

www.popularmechanics.com

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A Carnivorous ‘Death Ball’ Has Emerged from the Deep

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cm0002@lemy.lol to Science@mander.xyz · 4 months ago
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This newly-discovered species is being called the “death-ball sponge” for its appendages, which end in orbs and are covered in micro-hooks meant to capture prey.
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    4 months ago

    In a link from the main article – I know it’s not a trilobite, but dang does that look like a trilobite!

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      History Channel: “Trilobite with alien DNA.”

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      How do you think that looks like a trilobite?

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        I’m just a layperson, but doesn’t the head and main part look sort of like some species? And those oblong compound eyes…

        Of course I know it isn’t one, but fun to think about.

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          Looks more like a prawn to me

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