Strange New Life-form Discovered Off The Coast of Australia

GnuTux · **Posted:** Fri Sep 05, 2014 8:09 pm **(#1)**

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Danish lead scientist Dr Jorgen Oleson, from the University of Copenhagen, said: “New mushroom-shaped animals from the deep sea have been discovered which could not be placed in any recognized group of animals. link

That's wild! :hehe

2-ton · **Posted:** Fri Sep 05, 2014 8:43 pm **(#2)**

How fascinating! They do look like very simple animals, more complicated than a cell, less so than a sponge.

Graechan · **Posted:** Fri Sep 05, 2014 9:03 pm **(#3)**

Strange lifeforms also exist in Aus :rofl

Wallace · **Posted:** Fri Sep 05, 2014 10:57 pm **(#4)**

They should form and expedition in NYC. :hehe

sallyanne · **Posted:** Sat Sep 06, 2014 12:41 am **(#5)**

. Used to weird and wild.

ofnuts · **Joined:** Oct 25, 2010 **Posts:** 4812

Looks like: http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-an ... led-detail

ek22 · **Posted:** Sat Sep 06, 2014 4:29 am **(#7)**

Animal - mushroom. Mushroom critter. TRIFFID! RUN!

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12853

Saw the title (but didn't click) on ScienceDaily Tux. Not sure what to make of these.

Oregonian · **Posted:** Sat Sep 06, 2014 3:41 pm **(#9)**

Graechan wrote:

Strange lifeforms also exist in Aus

Remind me to keep an eye on you, Graechan. :hehe

Very interesting.