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As the rest of the world is exploring the depths of their biscuit packages in quarantine, these scientists have discovered something incredible in the depths of the Indian Ocean.
Scientists on the Schmidt Ocean Institute's research vessel Falkor are also in isolation, though their living room is considerably more vast than yours.
The scientists are remaining on the Indian ocean during an expedition to study the Ningaloo Canyons off the western coast of Australia, and have since made an incredible discovery: an incredibly long ocean creature called a siphonophore.
Schmidt Ocean
✔@SchmidtOcean
Check out this beautiful *giant* siphonophore Apolemia recorded on #NingalooCanyons expedition. It seems likely that this specimen is the largest ever recorded, and in strange UFO-like feeding posture. Thanks @Caseywdunn for info @wamuseum @GeoscienceAus @CurtinUni @Scripps_Ocean
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The creature has been likened to 'silly string,' and the outer 'ring' of the creature's body is reporter to be over 47 metres alone.
"It seems likely that this specimen is the largest ever recorded, and in strange UFO-like feeding posture," the institute wrote.
"It's made of millions of interconnected clones, like if the Borg and the Clone Wars had a baby together. There are about a dozen different jobs a clone can do in the colony, and each clone is specialised to a particular task," explained Rebecca Helm, a marine biologist who started a Twitter thread to add context to the video.
Open Ocean Exploration@RebeccaRHelm
Omg I have CHILLS. This is an ANIMAL. I'm guessing it's over a hundred feet long, forming a spiral in the middle of the deep sea. I've gone on numerous expeditions and have never, EVER, seen anything like this. Let me tell you what this is and why it is blowing my mind [a thread] https://twitter.com/SchmidtOcean/status/1247231196347674625 …
Schmidt Ocean
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Check out this beautiful *giant* siphonophore Apolemia recorded on #NingalooCanyons expedition. It seems likely that this specimen is the largest ever recorded, and in strange UFO-like feeding posture. Thanks @Caseywdunn for info @wamuseum @GeoscienceAus @CurtinUni @Scripps_Ocean
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While the siphonophore is actually most closely related to a jellyfish, it appears as though it could be mistaken for anything from an unusually long rope to a strange ocean swell pattern.
https://www.9news.com.au/world/gian...y-string/db5615ef-79fc-4c3b-802c-b5cbafe44f4a
Scientists on the Schmidt Ocean Institute's research vessel Falkor are also in isolation, though their living room is considerably more vast than yours.
The scientists are remaining on the Indian ocean during an expedition to study the Ningaloo Canyons off the western coast of Australia, and have since made an incredible discovery: an incredibly long ocean creature called a siphonophore.
Schmidt Ocean
✔@SchmidtOcean
Check out this beautiful *giant* siphonophore Apolemia recorded on #NingalooCanyons expedition. It seems likely that this specimen is the largest ever recorded, and in strange UFO-like feeding posture. Thanks @Caseywdunn for info @wamuseum @GeoscienceAus @CurtinUni @Scripps_Ocean
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The creature has been likened to 'silly string,' and the outer 'ring' of the creature's body is reporter to be over 47 metres alone.
"It seems likely that this specimen is the largest ever recorded, and in strange UFO-like feeding posture," the institute wrote.
"It's made of millions of interconnected clones, like if the Borg and the Clone Wars had a baby together. There are about a dozen different jobs a clone can do in the colony, and each clone is specialised to a particular task," explained Rebecca Helm, a marine biologist who started a Twitter thread to add context to the video.
Open Ocean Exploration@RebeccaRHelm
Omg I have CHILLS. This is an ANIMAL. I'm guessing it's over a hundred feet long, forming a spiral in the middle of the deep sea. I've gone on numerous expeditions and have never, EVER, seen anything like this. Let me tell you what this is and why it is blowing my mind [a thread] https://twitter.com/SchmidtOcean/status/1247231196347674625 …
Schmidt Ocean
✔@SchmidtOcean
Check out this beautiful *giant* siphonophore Apolemia recorded on #NingalooCanyons expedition. It seems likely that this specimen is the largest ever recorded, and in strange UFO-like feeding posture. Thanks @Caseywdunn for info @wamuseum @GeoscienceAus @CurtinUni @Scripps_Ocean
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While the siphonophore is actually most closely related to a jellyfish, it appears as though it could be mistaken for anything from an unusually long rope to a strange ocean swell pattern.
https://www.9news.com.au/world/gian...y-string/db5615ef-79fc-4c3b-802c-b5cbafe44f4a
