Interesting Critter

Post by **LarsMac** » Fri May 11, 2012 8:14 pm

Have you guys seen this?

Weird sea creature caught on film by an ROV.

A not-seen-before creature capture by undersea rover.

Well, I never saw one before. I think it is pretty freakin' awesome.

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Fri May 11, 2012 8:31 pm

Weird! I wish there was some information attached to the vid.

rajakrsna · Post by **rajakrsna** » Fri May 11, 2012 8:40 pm

That`s a Mega Plankton

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sat May 12, 2012 5:26 am

According to this link mega plankton is over 2mm. Since this is thousands of times that size, and has some kind of fleshy innards (was that the brain? digestive system? Both?) I'm pretty sure it's some kind of precursor to a cephalopod.

Snooz · Post by **Snooz** » Sat May 12, 2012 5:33 am

Accountable;1393451 wrote: Weird! I wish there was some information attached to the vid.

Popular opinion says it's a Deepstaria enigmatica.

Alien or Jellyfreak? Deep-sea monster vid whips up storm (VIDEO, PHOTOS) — RT

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sat May 12, 2012 4:31 pm

Coooool. I hadn't thought about a jellyfish, but I guess that's a better fit.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Sat May 12, 2012 4:32 pm

I thought gmc had dropped his bagpipes

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Sat May 12, 2012 5:30 pm

Its a duvet

Snooz · Post by **Snooz** » Sat May 12, 2012 5:31 pm

oscar;1393479 wrote: I thought gmc had dropped his bagpipes

Is that an upskirt joke?

Lady J · Post by **Lady J** » Sat May 12, 2012 8:22 pm

made me think it is a cross between a octopus and jelly fish....the scale pattern is that of an octopus and the movement like a jelly fish.

Whatever it is I would not like to encounter it on a dive!

rajakrsna · Post by **rajakrsna** » Sat May 12, 2012 8:31 pm

Lady J;1393485 wrote: made me thing it is a cross between a octopus and jelly fish....the scale pattern is that of an octopus and the movement like a jelly fish.

Whatever it is I would not like to encounter it on a dive!

Maybe it`s a combination of an octopus & jelly fish. A mutant-an OCTOJELL

Snooz · Post by **Snooz** » Sat May 12, 2012 8:42 pm

Jellypus.

rajakrsna · Post by **rajakrsna** » Sat May 12, 2012 8:44 pm

SnoozeAgain;1393488 wrote: Jellypus.

I thought about that but I refrained from posting it ( smiling ).

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sun May 13, 2012 5:23 am

Rejected by both parents' families. Outcast from society. Dooomed to wander the deepest waters alone. Not even tempting as a food source.

Poor kid.

rajakrsna · Post by **rajakrsna** » Sun May 13, 2012 6:18 am

Accountable;1393500 wrote: Rejected by both parents' families. Outcast from society. Dooomed to wander the deepest waters alone. Not even tempting as a food source.

Poor kid.

I can provide shelter to this poor kid ( The Parable of the Lost Sheep ).

tazzy · Post by **tazzy** » Sun May 13, 2012 3:13 pm

Some type of jelly fish

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Sun May 13, 2012 3:41 pm

tazzy;1393527 wrote: Some type of jelly fish That's no way to talk about Raj

fuzzywuzzy · Post by **fuzzywuzzy** » Mon May 14, 2012 8:25 am

Accountable;1393500 wrote: Rejected by both parents' families. Outcast from society. Dooomed to wander the deepest waters alone. Not even tempting as a food source.

Poor kid.

I'm depressed now .

I want a water bear.... they're cuter.

Wandrin · Post by **Wandrin** » Mon May 14, 2012 3:07 pm

It looks like a syphomedusa to me.

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Mon May 14, 2012 6:12 pm

syphomedusa

Wandrin · Post by **Wandrin** » Mon May 14, 2012 7:17 pm

Accountable;1393619 wrote:

syphomedusa

That's a very elaborate (and beautiful) example. Not all of them are that elaborate. Some just look like amorphous blobs.

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Mon May 14, 2012 7:37 pm

I dunno. It looks like a mold-laden duvet to me.

Snooz · Post by **Snooz** » Tue May 15, 2012 3:03 am

Accountable;1393619 wrote:

syphomedusa

That looks like a Victorian jellyfish all dolled to meet the queen.

Wandrin · Post by **Wandrin** » Tue May 15, 2012 7:21 am

SnoozeAgain;1393626 wrote: That looks like a Victorian jellyfish all dolled to meet the queen.

I was thinking that it looked like an elegant jellyfish with its own satellite dish. :-3

Ahso! · Post by **Ahso!** » Tue May 15, 2012 8:12 am

I wonder if it's a hoax. It's funny that the camera which appeared to be checking the integrity of the thing it was filming suddenly decided to switch to this Whateveritis.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Tue May 15, 2012 8:20 am

Ahso!;1393651 wrote: I wonder if it's a hoax. It's funny that the camera which appeared to be checking the integrity of the thing it was filming suddenly decided to switch to this Whateveritis.

That's no way to talk about Raj

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Tue May 15, 2012 8:21 am

SnoozeAgain;1393626 wrote: That looks like a Victorian jellyfish all dolled to meet the queen. Looks like Duchess to me

Post by **LarsMac** » Thu May 24, 2012 3:27 pm

So, I've looked at this several times.

It appears , IMHO, to more of a mollusk-type critter. The movement and behavior are not unlike an octopus.

It almost seems to show some curiosity toward the light.

Perhaps more likely, it discovered that there was food near the light, and we were watching it feed.

Snooz · Post by **Snooz** » Thu May 24, 2012 4:20 pm

Oscar was right, it is an upskirt view.

Another expert, Craig McClain from the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center, explains that the confusing whitish lumps seen in the video are the jellyfish’s testicles.

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Thu May 24, 2012 6:45 pm

Wouldn't that make it "up-kilt"?

Post by **LarsMac** » Thu May 24, 2012 6:47 pm

Interesting, indeed.

Post by **LarsMac** » Thu May 24, 2012 7:29 pm

So, I reckon I was misinterpreting random effects of the currents caused by the propulsion system on the ROV for behavior.

Hmm.

Hafta look at it again.

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Tue May 29, 2012 2:38 pm

Accountable;1394280 wrote: Wouldn't that make it "up-kilt"?

Only if it was gmc in disguise

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Tue May 29, 2012 3:04 pm

Bryn Mawr;1394649 wrote: Only if it was gmc in disguise

ummmm I'm telling