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Bizarre Creature Found in 200-Million-Year-Old Cocoon
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[quote:Dr. Acula:MV8yMDc2MDU2XzM0OTQ5Mzk1X0YyMzBEQTBB] [quote:Anonymous Coward 15411952:MV8yMDc2MDU2XzM0OTQ5MDAzX0M4RDc3QTJG] I have stopped reading at 200 millions years [/quote] :blahblah: [/quote]
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"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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link to news.discovery.com
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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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