Prof Greg Rouse on the first footage of a 'purple sock' in the wild The mystery of a deep-sea creature that resembles a discarded purple sock has been solved, scientists report. The animal, called Xenoturbella, is so bizarre that for 60 years researchers could not work out what it was - or where it fitted into the family tree. But the discovery of four new species in the Pacific has enabled scient
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