This shell-less ocean creature evolved 140 million years ago: Scientists say it is the closest thing to an alien on Earth

If an alien intelligence were hiding somewhere on Earth, many scientists suspect it might look something like an octopus.Get ...
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Alien species and evolution : the evolutionary ecology of exotic plants, animals, microbes, and interacting native species / George W. Cox

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