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Beacool

(30,247 posts)

22. Ain't the universe grand?

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

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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'Cascade Creature' - mesmerising deep-sea creature [View all] 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