Meet Tanyka: The Ancient Animal With a Jaw Twisted Like a Pretzel

Deep in Brazil, scientists found the jawbones of a creature that lived 275 million years ago with a super weird twisted jaw that no living animal has today! This strange animal, called Tanyka amnicola, was like a "living fossil" [a creature that survived way longer than scientists thought it should have]. Imagine having a jaw that spiraled like a pretzel—scientists are still trying to figure out what this bizarre creature actually looked like!