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(15,438 posts)Lebam in LA
(1,345 posts)No information at the link. Would love to know more on what they think it is. I thought it was some kind of jellyfish.
redqueen
(115,103 posts)Lebam in LA
(1,345 posts)Very informative. Thank you
zeemike
(18,998 posts)But it turned out to big a big umbrella...There are aliens down there.
soleft
(18,537 posts)Viva_La_Revolution
(28,791 posts)Steven Haddock, a scientist for the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in Moss Landing, Calif., says that the mysterious creature is a Deepstaria Enigmatica Jellyfish, much to the chagrin of some Reddit users who thought it was a whale placenta.
"This bag-like jelly is not that rare, but is large, so rarely seen intact," Haddock said on his "JellyWatch" Facebook page. "In the video, the swirling from the sub makes the medusa appear to undulate and it even turns inside-out."
This type of jellyfish is usually found in the south Atlantic Ocean, some 5,000 feet below. According to the Marine Species Identification Portal, the jellyfish has "oral arms [...] terminating in curious hook-shaped organ[s]."
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)JK. Very strange. If I saw it in a movie I would say it was not believable.
Gregorian
(23,867 posts)It's human junk.
Tikki
(14,560 posts)Tikki
MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)It looked like the massive jelly fish had a "net" structure within that surface area. Hexagon shaped and expandable... Was it taking in sea water nutrients?
I find this stuff fascinating.... And, we may actually learn by observing how they survive, therefore, how we survive.
Best of all, they don't play with iPhones or check their Facebook pages or text while driving around the earth!
Viva_La_Revolution
(28,791 posts)petronius
(26,608 posts)Fascinating how the thing moves - I guess it's responding to the local current, and whichever direction the most food is coming from?