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Its a real-life version of one of the most feared monsters in horror fiction... only smaller. A lot smaller.
On Wednesday, an international team of researchers unveiled the fossilized remains of an ancient relative of the sea cucumber. It had 45 tentacles and lurked at the bottom of the seas some 430 million years ago.
Theyve dubbed it Sollasina cthulhu, after the tentacled Great Old One of H.P. Lovecrafts weird tales, a study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B said.
Unlike the massive Cthulhu of fiction, the creature unveiled by scientists this week was quite tiny, with the fossil measuring just about an inch across.
However, the researchers said those 45 tube feet extended out in every direction and would make it seem much larger as it sat on the ocean floor, perhaps waiting and dreaming.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/scientists-discover-ancient-cthulhu-fossil-that-will-give-you-nightmares/ar-BBVNcgE?li=BBnb7Kz
Hekate
(90,697 posts)qazplm135
(7,447 posts)just add water!
Codeine
(25,586 posts)Gotta love it when someone slides Deep Geekiness into a straight story.
Ms. Toad
(34,073 posts)I've encountered them in real life - they are really fast.
Laffy Kat
(16,381 posts)jmowreader
(50,557 posts)They found this out by accident: fishermen used to "kill" sea stars by cutting them in half and throwing the pieces back in the ocean. Because sea stars can regenerate, they had twice as many of them as before.
Laffy Kat
(16,381 posts)Thanks for posting.