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Rare sighting of giant 'phantom jellyfish' that eats prey with 33ft-long 'mouth-arms'

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scientists have confirmed the rare sighting of a giant phantom jellyfish with 33ft-long mouth-arms after spotting it lurking in the deep waters in Monterey Bay, California.Marine biologists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) were searching the waters with a remote submarine when it came across the jellyfish at a depth of 3,200 feet.The jellyfish is more than 3.3ft across and uses its huge 33ft mouth-arms to capture and eat its prey deep underwater.As reported by Live Science, the creature can propel itself through the darkest parts of the ocean with periodic pulses from its faintly-glowing head.The first specimen of the giant phantom jellyfish was collected way back in 1899 but it took scientists 60 years later to.

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