Mummy Nest

From a distance of a few hundred meters, it is hard to make out what this object is. It is hard to tell from a distance if it is an animal or some inorganic formation. A much closer view reveals that it is topped by a dim yellow bio-light, which means that the object is organic and alive - or has once been.It is now a withered, flattened husk that more resembles some sun dried vegetable than an animal. But in this case it is the merciless arctic wind, not the suns, that has brought the creature to its desiccated state. Strange surface features become more apparent upon closer inspection: serpentine tubes twist over and through furrowed folds which circle sphincter-like holes. Its bizarrely baroque texture sheds little light on the creature's original appearance. Larger features, such as a dorsal whip-like appendage and a frontally situated leg-like limb, are equally mysterious.