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It's scientifically called a "siphonophore Apolemia" but everyone is calling it the world's longest "long stringy stingy thingy."

Which, honestly, is way more catchy. 

International ocean researchers may have just discovered the longest living... thing... in the known world. Captured in a haunting video and explained upon in a Twitter thread by biologist Rebecca Helm, who specializes in studying jellyfish at the University of North Carolina Asheville.

Helm calls the footage gave her "chills." Find out why below. 

With over 13,000 retweets and 43,000 likes over the span of a few days, Twitter is having a mini-meltdown due to this mind-boggling optical illusion of a photo, posted by Twitter user @dancingfool75.

What do you see when first seeing the pic? Many users claimed to see some sort of evil horse-pig hybrid monster. Others saw a deformed or possessed goat.

We're not going to lie, took us awhile to figure out what it was we were staring at. 

Thankfully, someone shared the answer with users. 

When @Nowacking opened a can of tuna, his cat spotted an opportunity for a second dinner. And the battle continues as other cat owners share their own funny tuna stories. 

A shark was recently discovered in the Arctic Ocean. Not just any regular shark, oh no, this shark discovered was found to be 392-years-old. 

Let's think about that for a second. 

Three-hundred and ninety-two years old. 

And while researching this shark, it turns out ANOTHER shark was discovered in 2019, in the Northern Atlantic, that scientists have reason to believe it was born as early as 1505. That means, this Greenland shark was born before Shakespeare and is -- wait for it -- FIVE-HUNDRED AND TWELVE years old! 

The Greenland shark could very well be the world oldest living vertebrate. But we're here to talk about the 392-year-old shark that caused the follow entertaining Twitter thread.

All we can take away from this is that sharks are still terrifying but kinda sorta incredible... don't you think?

Oh, classic Chunk! This Twitter thread may be a tad bit old but it makes us smile so....here it is. 

A Pomeranian named Chunk decided to run up to dogs much, much larger than him, but it's his owner's commentary that got us cackling. 

And it's so delightful we would definitely read it again. 

Rachael Bale, a senior editor at National Geographic, documented the story of a family of geese after the mother laid eggs on the third floor of the network's building in Washington DC. The tale began in early April when the eggs were laid and ended on Tuesday when the family were taken to safety.

Artist @blacksmoke1033 shared the resulting photos after a jackdaw bird (tentatively named Mister Meaner or Edgar Allan Foe) fell down the chimney.

@TeganG_shared on twitter how she found a dog in a rural area, briefly reunited him with his siblings and then adopted him.

Would you buy an island to keep wild animals safe if you could? @rickygervais has got people talking about how to make it happen. After the comedian asked if he was allowed to "build a little outdoor arc", people chimed in with humorous tips, genuine concerns and even some expert advice.