George Monnat Jr Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 How big does my DT need to be to keep one of these? Link to News Story http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E-8_wDgN7c Edit: thanks to mframe for fixing the video imbed for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bige Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 That's really crazy. Wonder when Aquadome will get one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Monnat Jr Posted May 10, 2012 Author Share Posted May 10, 2012 I don't know, that kinda looked like the whole AquaDome swimming around and collecting specimens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 I don't know, it looks like a cephalopod go ahold of a fitted sheet and is pretending to be a ghost. Based on that video it doesn't look like there was any independent movement. It just seemed to swell and sway with the water, then sink. The "body" even seemed a bit off. I kind of reminded me of a fat globules that you'd see in large mammals like whales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Monnat Jr Posted May 11, 2012 Author Share Posted May 11, 2012 My wife said it wasn't moving, but if you watch the ROV's azimuth and depth, you can see it's chasing it. The azimuth, or direction, doesn't change while particles are moving across the field of view and the ROV is going deeper suggesting movement of them both. To be honest, at work I only watched the first pass, and there it definitely looks like it swims away like a jelly. The expert in the article called it a "Deepstaria enigmatica jellyfish" which is really cool. I think they'd only seen washed-up, decomposed bodies before this video, because it lives so deep. This article really breaks it down. Eww, gonads... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timfish Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 Fascinating animal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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