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Subject Bizarre Creature Found in 200-Million-Year-Old Cocoon

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[i]"About 200 million years ago, a leech released a slimy mucous cocoon that unwittingly encased and trapped a bizarre animal with a springy tail, preserving it until researchers discovered the teardrop-shaped creature in Antarctica recently."
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http://news.discovery.com/animals/bizarre-creature-found-in-200-million-year-old-cocoon-121208.html

there's a picture of the said creature in the above link...

don't get too excited... cos its small...

[i]"its body extends [b]25 microns[/b] (about the width of some human hairs) with a tightly coiled stalk about twice that long. And like all eurkaryotes, the organism was equipped with a nucleus -- in this case, a large horseshoe-shaped nucleus inside the main body. [b](A micron is one-millionth of a meter.)[/b]"[/i]
(taken from the above link)

but if you get overly excited over microscopic critters... then this is your cup o tea...

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That's funny considering the earth is only approximately 6000 years old
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Are you serious? Do people really believe this?
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Original Message "About 200 million years ago, a leech released a slimy mucous cocoon that unwittingly encased and trapped a bizarre animal with a springy tail, preserving it until researchers discovered the teardrop-shaped creature in Antarctica recently."

[link to news.discovery.com]

there's a picture of the said creature in the above link...

don't get too excited... cos its small...

"its body extends 25 microns (about the width of some human hairs) with a tightly coiled stalk about twice that long. And like all eurkaryotes, the organism was equipped with a nucleus -- in this case, a large horseshoe-shaped nucleus inside the main body. (A micron is one-millionth of a meter.)"
(taken from the above link)

but if you get overly excited over microscopic critters... then this is your cup o tea...

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