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On June 11, the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) released photographs of a mysterious deep-sea creature believed to be an unknown species of comb jelly, or ctenophore, a jellyfish-like marine animal.
Taken by JAMSTEC’s “Kaikou” unmanned submersible at a depth of 7,217 meters (nearly 24,000 feet) in the Ryukyu Trench about 200 kilometers (125 miles) south of Okinawa, the photographs show a gelatinous animal with two pairs of long, spindly tentacles — one pair extended horizontally in front of its body and one pair stuck to the ocean floor, allowing the creature to float in place like a kite.
The creature’s elongated body is 10 to 20 centimeters (4 to 8 inches) long and 5 to 8 centimeters (2 to 3 inches) wide. The rear tentacles measure 1.5 to 2.5 meters (5 to 8 feet) in length, while the forward-reaching tentacles, which float on the current and catch prey, measure between 1 and 1.5 meters (3 to 5 feet) in length. The animal’s gastrovascular system, which circulates nutrients through the body, appears whitish in color.
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Pink Tentacle
Originally posted by WatchNLearn
Well let’s hope the Japanese don’t kill this rare and beautiful creature for “scientific” purposes...
Originally posted by iori_komei
It's most likely not rare, and even if ti was, it would actually be better to do scientific studies
on it, since with adequate knowledge you can later on, with the right technology re-create it,
or even re-create the entire species.
Originally posted by WatchNLearn
Originally posted by iori_komei
It's most likely not rare, and even if ti was, it would actually be better to do scientific studies
on it, since with adequate knowledge you can later on, with the right technology re-create it,
or even re-create the entire species.
Oh now i see! So they are slaughtering the world's whales in the name of science so they can recreate them later when they are extinct.
Makes perfect science now! Thanks...
Originally posted by iori_komei
or even re-create the entire species.