For an approximation of what life might wait like on other planets , take a spell of the deep ocean . The bottom of the ocean is filled with bizarre animals that scientists know little to nothing about . AsGizmodoreports , one of the more cryptical — and more terrifying — residents of the sea ’s so - call " midnight zone " was recently caught on tv camera . you may get a rare feeling at the giant phantasma jellyfish in the video below .
Last month , theMonterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute(MBARI ) capture this footage in theCalifornia baythat portion out its name . It show up what looks to be a jellylike flying discus with tremendous pitch-black ribbons streaming from the bottom of it . The creature is actually a phantom man-of-war , an elusive species of jelly that ’s been documented only around 100 times since it was discovered in 1899 . It ’s one of the largerjellyfishknown to skill , with a3 - metrical foot - across-the-board belland 10 - foot - foresightful tentacles . The openhanded of the jelly can develop tentacles up to33 feet long . The phantom jellyfish is also be intimate for its dark coloring , which meld in perfectly with its sun - famish environment .
MBARI has spotted the phantom jellyfish just nine times after doing thousands of nose dive . Despite their report for being scarce , the species ' reach is widespread . Phantom jelly subsist in every ocean outside the Arctic . Their preferred depth is the midnight zone , the bed of the sea between 3300 and 13,000 metrical unit deep where no sunlight can reach . This particular jellyfish was recorded at the relatively shallow profundity of 3200 foot beneath Monetary Bay .
Using a remote - go fomite , researcher at MBARI have been capable to consider portion of undersea life man rarely get to see . Generally , the cryptical they go , the more unsettling the footage becomes . After watching the phantom Portuguese man-of-war in action , check out this video of a spookygreen - eyed squidtaken by MBARI in 2016 .
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