During a 50 day Antarctica expedition, scientific researchers aboard the New Zealand ship RV Tangaroa discovered something new and unexpected. They spent their time digging in the mud 3,500 meters below the surface. They found a species never seen before still frozen.
Just seeing the pictures brought me flashbacks to old horror/monster movies. It really sounds just like John Carpenter’s The Thing. It would freak me out if I had found this.
Surely these scientists know better than to thaw out a creature they don’t know anything about. Right? After all, it could have micro-organisms and potential disease. At the minimum, they would wear safety gear and gloves. Right? Wrong! Check out the below picture.
This creature looks like a slug with a hippopotamus form. In the ice, it looks like it had more tentacles. Will this creature bring about the plague or the Zombie apocalypse? Probably not. But I do wonder if it will start cloning us and people will get eaten.
Just got to love when you touch a strange unknown creature millions of years old with your bare hand.
(Via Nerdist)
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