This deep-sea creature is long-armed, bristling with teeth, and the sole survivor of 180 million years of evolution

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Jun 17, 2021, 9:30 am1k ptsInterestingTop
Let me introduce you to Ophiojura, a bizarre deep-sea animal found in 2011 by scientists from the French Natural History Museum, while trawling the summit of a secluded seamount called Banc Durand, 500 meters below the waves and 200 kilometers east of New Caledonia in the southwest Pacific Ocean.

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