Stunned the 570 million-year-old organ-less, 'networked' monster with silk

British scientists have discovered a kind of weird ocean monster, connected by a social network with thin thread like thread.

Scientists from the University of Cambridge and Oxford (UK) have discovered the world's most bizarre form of fossils hidden on the ocean floor. These were the "monsters" that lived on Earth 570 million years ago, without their mouths, organs, and connected together into a web of strange tentacles that looked like silk or were just very thin.

Archaeologists are unearthing strange fossils from ancient ocean floor plates - (photo: ALEX LIU)

Although these "monsters" are small, sometimes the tentacles are up to 4 meters long, while some are only a few inches short. This particular tassel is present in up to 7 different species, unearthed at many fossil sites in Canada, of which the 5 most concentrated fossils are located in Newfoundland.

More specifically, these tours act as . social networks, used in the purpose of sharing nutrients, communication and reproduction. Like many primitive creatures, they reproduce asexually.

Close-up of fossils of monsters connected by silk - (photo: ALEX LIU)

These strands also help propel the "monster" against the strong currents of the ancient ocean.

"These creatures have quickly colonized the seabed and dominated the fossils in these locations, and these thin silk threads explain how they do it" - scientist Alex Liu, Department of Science earth, University of Cambridge, team member, said.

And even though they are so fragile, the fossils of these fibers have been surprisingly perfectly preserved at the fossils, said co-author Frankia Dunn from Oxford University's Museum of Natural History. It is possible that this type of "social network" is common throughout ancient earth, but because these strands are so thin, they have been destroyed by natural history so scientists have not been able to find a single specimen before. the same, similar.

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