Article with picture of strange 'jellybag' in the Matrefjord, Norway

This picture was taken in the outflow of the Matrefjord in Norway 1. Oktober.
The 'ball' was approximately 50-70 cm in diameter and was transparent except for a red string in the middle. It had three excrescences and rebounded when the diver squeezed it. Senior scientific officer at the university in Bergen, Torleiv Brattegård, says that the ball most likely has a organic origin. One theory is that the jellyball is from more southern, and warmer, parts of the world and has turned up in Norway because of rising water temperatures.

Full article (in norwegian) and picture at the newspaper Aftenposten website


Could this be some sort of egg sac?


[edit on 26-10-2006 by HelenSanders]

Just mentioning that this is also being covered here:

Mysterious jellyfish-blob-thing...

[edit on 26-10-2006 by InTrueFiction]

I should have taken more time searching the forum.

There is actually another thread on this, that was started first. Good find! Lets continue the discussion there:
Mysterious jellyfish-blob-thing...



[edit on 26-10-2006 by Nygdan]