r/Weird • u/TheOddityCollector • 2d ago

This cluster of fossilised creatures look like they came from another planet

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u/PrettySailor 2d ago

They're still around, just not as many species as there used to be. Some of them "walk" on the ocean bed.

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u/Fucky0uthatswhy 2d ago

Just gonna leave out the name? lol

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u/Slahnya 2d ago

Crinoïds !

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u/SeekerOfSerenity 2d ago

Why did you spell it with ï?

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u/Slahnya 2d ago

Oh right, because in french the "oi" is a sound (oa) so we spell it that way

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u/miRRacolix 2d ago

To pronounce the i.

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u/SeekerOfSerenity 2d ago

But it has an "-oid" ending. It's supposed to be a diphthong, not two syllables.