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'Cascade Creature' - mesmerising deep-sea creature (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler May 2012 OP
Wow. Very strange. Nt xchrom May 2012 #1
Wow is right. Wonder what it is? southernyankeebelle May 2012 #2
i wouldn't have the foggiest. nt xchrom May 2012 #3
Well it only shows us that there is so much more we don't know that is going on southernyankeebelle May 2012 #8
It's a shape shifter NV Whino May 2012 #4
And what if there was so much garbage in the ocean judy May 2012 #5
The Blob! Speck Tater May 2012 #6
I remember that movie. I was just a wee small when it was shown on 1monster May 2012 #9
The Blob tru May 2012 #10
Jello?! 1monster May 2012 #12
you thought there was a Blob in your basement... Swagman May 2012 #17
Hey, it was a pre-Civil War house with huge field stone bolders for the foundation walls. 1monster May 2012 #25
Me, too. Except we didn't have a basement. freshwest May 2012 #18
I was just about to post this, but you beat me to it... Ian David May 2012 #7
Is it some sort of jellyfish? tclambert May 2012 #11
Jellyfish silverweb May 2012 #13
That's what I was thinking and then some spoil sport in the comments, hidden for negative votes... freshwest May 2012 #19
It was definitely alive. silverweb May 2012 #20
We don't usually get to see jelly fish up close if we're lucky, LOL. There are reports of giant freshwest May 2012 #23
Yes, I've read about the jellyfish takeover. silverweb May 2012 #24
So that's what happened to Cheney's old heart. nt valerief May 2012 #14
Don't be silly! AmyDeLune May 2012 #15
Ha! What was I thinking? valerief May 2012 #21
Fascinating. Seems to have a cellular membrane on the outside, smooth tissue on the inside.... Scuba May 2012 #16
Ain't the universe grand? Beacool May 2012 #22

judy

(1,942 posts)
5. And what if there was so much garbage in the ocean
Wed May 9, 2012, 10:54 AM
May 2012

that the creatures had begun to look like plastic bags??!!

1monster

(11,012 posts)
9. I remember that movie. I was just a wee small when it was shown on
Wed May 9, 2012, 04:54 PM
May 2012

The Early Show (afternoon movie). It scared the living daylights outta me, to be sure. I wouldn't go into our basement alone after that for months!

It sure does look like the Blob to me.

1monster

(11,012 posts)
12. Jello?!
Wed May 9, 2012, 05:47 PM
May 2012

My God! If my young mind had seen it looking like Jello, I'd have been traumatized for life!

(Now I have to go make sure there's no Jello in the fridge. Thanks a lot!)

1monster

(11,012 posts)
25. Hey, it was a pre-Civil War house with huge field stone bolders for the foundation walls.
Thu May 10, 2012, 09:44 PM
May 2012

And the coal bin (we had an old, old coal furnance) was dug out of the ground with just a door in the basement wall. Very primitive feel to it. It looked like the kind of place the Blob would hang out!

Ian David

(69,059 posts)
7. I was just about to post this, but you beat me to it...
Wed May 9, 2012, 11:05 AM
May 2012

Bizarre cascade creature undersea video

A fortuitous capture of a strange thing floating by a deep sea camera…

Easily the most insane animal footage ever caught on an undersea camera.

A remotely operated underwater vehicle caught this creature floating around in the brine — commenters on YouTube are positing that it’s a specimen of the Deepstaria enigmatica jellyfish, whereas other folks on Reddit are suggesting it’s errant whale placenta. Any marine biologists care to chime in?

Credit: @djvexd1 and @bayanimills on Twitter (THANKS!)

More:
http://doubtfulnews.com/2012/05/bizarre-cascade-creature-undersea-video/

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
19. That's what I was thinking and then some spoil sport in the comments, hidden for negative votes...
Thu May 10, 2012, 02:51 AM
May 2012

Claimed it was whale placenta. It looks a lot like discarded placenta.

I was thinking it might be a discard plastic tarp, or bag. But it looked like it was going under its own power with some plan and seemed to be luminous.

Could be a placenta or some kind of jelly fish, a big one. IDK.

silverweb

(16,402 posts)
20. It was definitely alive.
Thu May 10, 2012, 05:14 AM
May 2012

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]The discarded plastic or placenta hypothesis could only hold up for so long. The length of the video made it apparent that the thing was alive.

Also, it seemed to me it was "showing off" for the camera, making itself bigger and creating the luminous areas, possibly to frighten off a suspected threat. It really was quite a show. Other creatures put on some pretty amazing performances as part of their defense strategy, so that was my impression.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
23. We don't usually get to see jelly fish up close if we're lucky, LOL. There are reports of giant
Thu May 10, 2012, 02:40 PM
May 2012

Jelly fish now in the oceans killing off more desirable species as the ecosytem is changing. Not good for people, I guess. At first I nearly turned it off, thinking it was trash, but kept watching and saw what you say, definitely making a show and under its own power. But I thought I'd put that out there, just in case. These encounters, filmed at those depths, are something that none of us will ever personally see. There were markings in the video, but I could not surmise the actual size of it. Thanks.

silverweb

(16,402 posts)
24. Yes, I've read about the jellyfish takeover.
Thu May 10, 2012, 06:06 PM
May 2012

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Human activity is ruining ocean habitats and virtually eliminating some species, but the jellyfish seem to be thriving, and as you say, are helping kill off other species. Not a hopeful picture at all.

When I was a teenager, I had one close encounter with jellyfish at the Jersey shore. It was late August and the water was quite warm. I was headed out beyond the breakers to where I could actually swim and when I got there, I noticed all these little things brushing me. I looked closer and they were jellyfish about 1-2 inches in size. They didn't sting me, but the water was thick with them and they were getting inside my swimsuit. I completely freaked out and raced back to shore, showered and changed into dry clothes, and never went into the Atlantic Ocean again.

 

Scuba

(53,475 posts)
16. Fascinating. Seems to have a cellular membrane on the outside, smooth tissue on the inside....
Wed May 9, 2012, 09:16 PM
May 2012

It also appears to propel itself like jellies or squid, squeezing water in one direction to propel itself in the other.

Very cool, thanks for posting. Just 4,930 feet beyond the recreational dive limits. Rats.

Beacool

(30,244 posts)
22. Ain't the universe grand?
Thu May 10, 2012, 09:37 AM
May 2012

What a fascinating creature!!! It moves gracefully and is so interesting to look at. I wonder what is the purpose of those yellowish sacks and the long tendril. Are they part of its digestive or reproductive system?

Very interesting, thanks for posting this video.

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