In 2024, while conducting water quality tests in the sprawling wetlands of Mai Po, researchers netted a creature that seemed more at home in a sci-fi thriller than Earth’s tranquil waters.

When it comes to aliens and extraterrestrial creatures, we let our imaginations run wild and hence, coming across any unidentified creature makes us wonder if it is a visitor from outside Earth.

Every so often, unidentified creatures wash up on our beaches. With only 20 per cent of the ocean explored, do these mysterious bodies belong to an undiscovered species?