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Weird Sea Creature Caught on ROV video (Original Post) ehrnst May 2012 OP
WTH was that?? eom BlueCaliDem May 2012 #1
Very strange Lebam in LA May 2012 #2
Another informative link redqueen May 2012 #9
Thanks for the link Lebam in LA Jun 2012 #13
"The Blob" that is what I first thought of zeemike May 2012 #3
I said it was the Blob too. My partner says big shower cap soleft May 2012 #10
Deepstaria Enigmatica - very cool Viva_La_Revolution May 2012 #4
Thanks for the link!!! (nt) ehrnst May 2012 #7
Just a closeup of a lava lamp. rhett o rick May 2012 #5
It looks like garbage. Maybe a bed sheet with a pattern. Gregorian May 2012 #6
I was thinking sloughed skin off some kind of critter... Tikki May 2012 #8
I was looking at it's cellular structure, very interesting... MrMickeysMom May 2012 #11
Update: Deepstaria RETICULUM Viva_La_Revolution May 2012 #12
Very cool, thanks! (And thanks to those who posted the ID!) petronius Jun 2012 #14

Lebam in LA

(1,344 posts)
2. Very strange
Sat May 12, 2012, 12:08 PM
May 2012

No information at the link. Would love to know more on what they think it is. I thought it was some kind of jellyfish.

zeemike

(18,998 posts)
3. "The Blob" that is what I first thought of
Sat May 12, 2012, 12:14 PM
May 2012

But it turned out to big a big umbrella...There are aliens down there.

Viva_La_Revolution

(28,791 posts)
4. Deepstaria Enigmatica - very cool
Sat May 12, 2012, 12:23 PM
May 2012
http://www.wtsp.com/news/watercooler/article/254891/58/Camera-catches-giant-sea-creature

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]."
 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
5. Just a closeup of a lava lamp.
Sat May 12, 2012, 12:50 PM
May 2012

JK. Very strange. If I saw it in a movie I would say it was not believable.

MrMickeysMom

(20,453 posts)
11. I was looking at it's cellular structure, very interesting...
Sun May 13, 2012, 12:06 PM
May 2012

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!

petronius

(26,580 posts)
14. Very cool, thanks! (And thanks to those who posted the ID!)
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 06:03 PM
Jun 2012

Fascinating how the thing moves - I guess it's responding to the local current, and whichever direction the most food is coming from?

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