Source: ScienceAlert
Author: Jacinta Bowler
Even though we know the deep sea is weird, ‘carnivorous sea sponges’ still sound like something from a sci-fi movie. And yet, researchers just announced the discovery of three new such species off the coast of Australia.
Go a few hundred metres deep into the ocean, and it starts to look like you’re in a whole new world: From a creature that looks like a sea star crossed with an octopus, to shark-devouring fish, to carnivorous sponges we’ve never seen before.
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