Researchers have confirmed the existence of underwater sea creatures called Antarctic strawberry star feathers that look like face huggers.
This isn’t the first time that scientists have caught sight of this particular creature in the cold waters of the Antarctic since 2008. To confirm the existence of this creature, the researchers looked at sightings from 2008 to 2017 of relevant species. The reason that the researchers have named the creature an Antarctic strawberry feather star is that it looks eerily like a miscolored strawberry, albeit with some differences.
The major differences here, of course, are the 20 long arms that protrude from the creature’s bulb-like core. These arms look similar to those found on jellyfish and squid. And if we want to truly understand the diversity of the ocean life that resides below the surface of our seas, the researchers say we’ll need more scaleable DNA specimens and samples to look at.
This, of course, isn’t the first time scientists have discovered a strange creature lurking beneath the surface of our oceans.
These Antarctic strawberry feather star creatures are simply the most recent revelation of the creatures, both creepy and weird, that inhabit the oceans of our planet.
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