Weird new creature shaped like a 'party balloon' found 2.5 miles underwater
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dailystar.co.ukanimal that researchers have described as a "party balloon with dangly bits" has turned out to be a new species of comb jelly.
The see-through critter, which is likely to be hermaphroditic – having both male and female sex organs – has been caught on video for the first time 2.5 miles underwater in Puerto Rico.In the clip, taken by NOAA's Deep Discoverer, the comb jelly glides through the water, trailing its pair of tentacles in its wake.Zooming in closer, the footage shows the animal is round in shape and has tiny hair-like features on its tentacles that wriggle around.Allen Collins, an NOAA fisheries zoologist, said: "I thought: that is so weird looking."It's like a party balloon, only instead of sort of having one string hanging down,.
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