Scientists Ask Public For Help After Finding Mysterious Perfectly Aligned Holes On Ocean Bed

Scientists are confused and looking for some answers after finding unexplained lines of identically-shaped holes on the ocean floor. They have asked the internet for help.

These unexplained holes on the seabed were found by the US’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Ocean Exploration team 1.7 miles below the Atlantic Ocean's surface.

According to the scientists, these lines of holes have been recorded previously too but to date, their origin remains a mystery. 

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The organisation asked Facebook users to “get out those scientist hats” and to come up with their best hypothesis as to where the holes could have come from.

In a post on its Facebook page, it wrote: “On Saturday's #Okeanos dive, we observed several of these sublinear sets of holes in the sediment.

“These holes have been previously reported from the region, but their origin remains a mystery.

“While they look almost human made, the little piles of sediment around the holes make them seem like they were excavated by...something.

“What's YOUR hypothesis?”

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One person suggested: “Some type of crab maybe.”

Another said: “ A previously unknown crab species which hides in rectangular holes and hunts in linear packs, waiting for prey to fall into their clutches.”

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Other people suggested that they aren’t holes at all, but instead, it’s a cable that’s been partially buried. One person suggested, “Looks like subsea cable just under the sand”.

Someone else joked: “I would say Star Fish doing cartwheels.”

“Swordfish sharpening its bill,” another Facebook user suggested.

Another jokester wrote: “I knew it all along: the Earth has a zipper.”