The ocean is deep and wide, hiding many unknown creatures. As early as 1985, there are divers exploring the western coast of Norway, found several groups of mysterious “jelly-like spheres” hovering between the seabed and the surface, huge, more than 1 meter wide, the picture exposure at the time aroused concern, many people are speculating that this is not an alien creature. Until recent years, a scientific team to unravel the truth, a special trip to the local collection of samples, after DNA analysis, finally learned the true nature of this creature.
According to ScienceAlert, there have been more than 100 sightings of “bizarre jelly-like creatures” in the waters around Norway and the Mediterranean since 1985. The company’s main goal is to provide the best possible solution to the problem.
The divers found a huge transparent sphere, and after years of analysis finally confirmed its identity. (Photo／From Discovery Facebook)
The company’s main goal is to provide a platform for the development of a new product, which will be available in the market. The first time I saw this, I found out that these spheres were the egg sacs of the “Southern Broadtail Squid” (Illex coindetii), and tens of thousands of tiny squid eggs were encased in translucent spheres.
The spheres were analyzed to be the egg sacs of the “southern broad-tailed squid”. (Photo: taken from Wikipedia)
The researchers explained that the giant egg sacs are actually the behavior of female southern broad-tailed squid to protect their offspring, and they use mucus to make huge egg sacs during the reproduction process to avoid the baby being attacked by predators. They speculate that the black stripes in the middle of the egg sacs may be the ink released when the eggs are fertilized, and may be a camouflage mechanism to scare away predators by imitating large fish, “a bunch of huge egg sacs can exist in the sea for so long, no creatures near them dare to approach, which also shows that their protective camouflage mechanism is really effective”. The researchers added that when the embryos start to develop, the entire translucent sphere will break up and disintegrate.
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