Space boffs: E.T. is a one-eyed prawn

BRIT boffins have revealed what they think ET will really look like - a one-eyed shrimp.

- by JERRY LAWTON Chief Reporter

Astrobiologists were quizzed on how physical beings may evolve to survive in the harsh environment of deep space. And they decided that a real-life alien would probably resemble a prawn.

The sinister eight-toed creature with one giant eye - was unveiled at the new Space: Could Life Exist Beyond Earth exhibition at the Natural History Museum in London, which opens today.