Around 100 million years ago, an alien-looking insect with a bizarre head and long thin legs likely crawled around on trees in what is now Burma. The insect is so strange that researchers say that it is not only a new species, but also belongs in its own new scientific order. “This insect has a number of features that just don’t match those of any other insect species that I know,” Poinar said in the statement. Ultimately what makes it so strange are the insect’s triangular-shaped head (with the vertex as the neck) and alien-looking bowl-shaped eyes on the sides. “When I first saw this fossil, I couldn’t believe my eyes,” Poinar said, in a video describing the discovery.

Source: Fox News January 27, 2017 18:19 UTC