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A new glass sponge species is so strange that has been given the name named Advhena magnifica, which means "magnificent alien ...

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Perhaps it was hiding from predators. Or trying to catch food. Then again, maybe it just wanted to be left alone. By Elizabeth Preston Like a scarf out of a magician’s sleeve, the squid appeared.