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[–] Hegar@fedia.io 77 points 1 week ago (4 children)

He then exclaimed: "I have to look at such features as the shape of the teeth, the jaws, the shape of the gill rakers, as well as counts of the vertebrae [to determine what it is].

"Now I have no idea what species this is.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/antarctica-scientists-find-bizarre-creature-3500m-under-ice-like-nothing-seen-before/ar-AA1qjVdA

For anyone else who instantly needed to know more about this incredibly adorable little jiggler, it was found in the mud and no one seems to have a clue what it could be.

[–] fishbone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 1 week ago

"It will endure 300 times more pressure than we experience every day."

My heart goes out to you. Hang in there, jiggly creature.

[–] misericordiae@literature.cafe 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I wanted to see this thing in motion, so I tried to search up the youtube video, but no dice. Every article on it is just copy-pasted from the original on the Express site, and I can't get the embedded video attached to it to work. I did find an article on NIWA's site about a species of sea pig, which looks similar.

[–] BossDj@lemm.ee 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Featuring the famed biologist zeFrank

[–] nichtburningturtle@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago

That is how a Ze Frank do.

[–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 8 points 1 week ago

Does this article read like a gpt summary of a video to anyone else?

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Trawling for their research!? What terrible biologists... Study an ecosystem by destroying it. Genius...