Other animals

2 cards. Each one is a 40-second story with a five-minute read behind it.

1. For 70 years, scientists have been looking at this ancient fossil the wrong wayDickinsonia, a mysterious, quilted organism from over 550 million years ago, has long baffled researchers. Once mistaken for a jellyfish or fungus, this Ediacaran creature is now …
2. The simplest animal on Earth might be a master of ancient, stable cloningTrichoplax is a tiny, disc-shaped creature with no organs, no symmetry, and no nervous system. While scientists once thought it was a simple larva, it is actually a complex adult.…

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