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/PrettySailor 2d ago

Oh, I thought they had already been ID'd as crinoids, sorry.

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u/MaddyKet 2d ago

Well, now we know where they got the inspiration for Alien.