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This underwater forest is home to ET-like creature

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This underwater forest is home to ET-like creature

This underwater forest is home to ET-like creature

In 2017, while exploring a seamount during an expedition on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, a team of deep-ocean explorers came upon an extraordinary seascape.

Dr. Chris Mah of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) dubbed the scene the β€œForest of the Weird.” Among the different sponges within this alien-like community was one that could not be missed.

Rising high on a stalk, this sponge had a body with two large holes.

They're oddly reminiscent of the large eyes of the alien from the beloved movie, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial.


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