They remained amazed users of YouTube upon witnessing the incredible discovery that a scientific mission made in 2023 on one of its tours of the seabed of the Pacific Ocean. What their cameras captured went viral almost immediately on more than one social network.
Almost 790 meters below the surface, the expedition of Ocean Exploration Trust recorded a well-known, but astonishingly strange jellyfish, transforming in front of his underwater robotic unit.
This is the Deepstaria jellyfish, a creature capable of expanding and changing its shape. Marine researchers witnessed it turning into a long, amorphous mass within seconds of encountering it.
A strange creature in the depths
Although rare, the Deepstaria is a common sighting in the deep ocean. Marine scientists know that these and other creatures inhabit the vast unexplored seas that cover the Earth.
But this was not a common meeting since a bright red isopod He lived within Deepstaria. Although it was not prey, the small segmented crustacean apparently consumed parts of the jellyfish while hiding from predators.
The company Ocean Exploration Trustaboard the explorer Nautilus, documents his journeys through the depths of the Remote Pacific Islands Marine National Monument, a 1.27 million km² protected area in the central Pacific Ocean.
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