Science baffled by wet Casper

30 March 2015 - 02:02
By Shaun Smillie

Casper the Ghost does not exist, in the eyes of science, that is, but for a group of divers he is very real - they see him all the time. A white, worm-like organism, his usual haunt is off the coast of Cape Town, hanging around the sponges.Casper is on a growing list of marine animals waiting to be described.

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