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On April 6 2020, while investigating deep-sea canyons off of Australia's Ningaloo Coast, researchers have discovered as many as 30 new marine species and the longest animal ever seen, spreading out like a spiral UFO hovering in the water. Actually this translucent string-like creature, is not an unknown species, instead scientists have already classified it as a siphonophore, which are actually a deep-sea predators made up of many small clones called "zooids" that act together as one and spread out like a single long string in the water. Researchers said, they can reach upto a length of 130 feet.
But this siphonophore, is estimated to have an outer ring 154 feet long — the size of an 11-story building — and a possible total length of more than 390 feet, making it “the largest animal ever discovered.”
Besides this gigantic siphonophore, the explorers also found a number of other deep-sea animals, including an octopus squid, a long-tailed sea cucumber, glass sponges and the first giant hydroids – a colony of animals that looks like an upside-down jellyfish, ever seen in Australia.
Timescales:-
00:02 - deep sea
00:20 - new species
00:27 - longest animal
00:52 - siphonophore
01:03 - zooids
01:23 - length of siphonophore
01:31 - longest siphonophore
01:50 - largest animal ever discovered
02:05 - octopus squid
02:19 - glass sponges
02:28 - jellyfish
Tags :-
#scienceofspace #siphonophore #largestanimal
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On April 6 2020, while investigating deep-sea canyons off of Australia's Ningaloo Coast, researchers have discovered as many as 30 new marine species and the longest animal ever seen, spreading out like a spiral UFO hovering in the water. Actually this translucent string-like creature, is not an unknown species, instead scientists have already classified it as a siphonophore, which are actually a deep-sea predators made up of many small clones called "zooids" that act together as one and spread out like a single long string in the water. Researchers said, they can reach upto a length of 130 feet.
But this siphonophore, is estimated to have an outer ring 154 feet long — the size of an 11-story building — and a possible total length of more than 390 feet, making it “the largest animal ever discovered.”
Besides this gigantic siphonophore, the explorers also found a number of other deep-sea animals, including an octopus squid, a long-tailed sea cucumber, glass sponges and the first giant hydroids – a colony of animals that looks like an upside-down jellyfish, ever seen in Australia.
Timescales:-
00:02 - deep sea
00:20 - new species
00:27 - longest animal
00:52 - siphonophore
01:03 - zooids
01:23 - length of siphonophore
01:31 - longest siphonophore
01:50 - largest animal ever discovered
02:05 - octopus squid
02:19 - glass sponges
02:28 - jellyfish
Tags :-
#scienceofspace #siphonophore #largestanimal
