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Mystery Golden Orb From Ocean Floor Finally Solved!

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For two whole years, scientists were totally puzzled by a strange golden ball found two miles deep in the ocean—deeper than where any sunlight reaches! Using special microscopes and DNA testing [a way to read the instruction book inside living things], they discovered it wasn't an alien egg or a secret treasure, but actually the leftover body parts of a giant deep-sea anemone [a sea creature with long waving arms]. Now we know the ocean has way more mysterious creatures hiding in the darkness than we ever imagined!
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ScienceDaily
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