More Information About "Purple Socks" at the Bottom of the Seas

[Recusant]

Intriguing creatures I'd never heard of before:

"Mystery of deep-sea 'purple sock' solved" | BBC

Image Credit: BBC

The mystery of a deep-sea creature that resembles a discarded purple sock has been solved, scientists report.

The animal, called Xenoturbella, is so bizarre that for 60 years researchers could not work out what it was - or where it fitted into the family tree.

But the discovery of four new species in the Pacific has enabled scientists to conclude that this animal belongs to one of the earliest branches of life.

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[xSilverPhinx]

Looks like an alien to me. 

[Tank]

Looks like an alien to me. 

And to think we all share DNA from way back with this!

[Davin]

Is that where my missing socks go off too?

[Tank]

Is that where my missing socks go off too?

Only the purple ones apparently.

[xSilverPhinx]

Looks like an alien to me. 

And to think we all share DNA from way back with this!

*suddenly overtaken by weird creationist logic*

Evolution is not true I tell ya! I'll tell you why:



See this marvelous creation? How can you not look at this sock puppet and see that the purple sea sock wasn't created as well? Hmm?