Weird Mystery Giant Sea Creature Great Barrier Reef.AVI

[SimsManiacDemented]

ITS A WHALE CONDOM

[NewbInTrust]

O___O

I can't swim that High,I'm scared Shitless

[renekernmusic]

man i should have thrown my condom in the trash :S

[oGrasshoppero]

It's my used condom...sorry for littering =(

[Ratondo123]

0:26 invisible sandwich!

[GethRenmawe]

Ocarina of time. Morpha: Giant aquatic amoeba.

[hark2e]

@GethRenmawe You stole my comment!

[grant68829]

@wavelength y thanks I've been trying though and I have not been able to find a site were I could find this could you probably help

[grant68829]

What is it called wanted to reasearch this and man o wars but I dunno wut this is

[WavelengthIII]

@grant68829

If you look at the comments above, it has been identified as a pyrosome ! If you look up that group of animals it will make sense :-)

[yyyzzzz]

long time since I went scuba, but these things were called Salps, I think.

[asterias]

No. Not a siphonophore. that is a pyrosome. A pelagic chordate related to a tunicate. They get big enough sometimes to swim through..

[FluffyFishyPix]

@asterias

Hey thanks for that ! It sure does look like it in all the pictures.

Thanks again for solving the mystery.

Chris.

[rooney582]

@asterias have you swum thru one? if so, fucking big respect! those (animals??) are freaky AF!

[netzweltler]

Cool. Maybe you can ask them, if it is a siphonophore, of which size one of these small single organisms might be, and how many of them it takes to make up a creature like this?

[FluffyFishyPix]

@netzweltler

They are on the case ! Should have an answer from the experts soon :-)

[netzweltler]

I detected one of these creatures during a snorkeling trip in the Red Sea. It was in August 2008. Still don´t know what it is. I also think it is a compound of very small organisms in a tubular arrangement, acting like a single organism. I placed two videos on Youtube this week. Check my channel.

[FluffyFishyPix]

@netzweltler

Hey thanks for that ! Yes definately think you saw the same or very similar creature as they certainly look the same.

I reckon it is a colony of Siphonophores as suggested below by Wavelength. A freind of mine is a jellyfish expert and has lots of friends who are experts on related animals. Will get an exact answer soon !

[Kory5545]

thats so cool. what is that thing?

[WavelengthIII]

We think it is a member of the Siphonophore group :-)