What’s a giant siphonophore?

It turns out that one was recently spotted in the Indian Ocean. It’s otherwise known as a “silly string-like creature” and it is a relative of jellyfish.

This one was discovered by the Schmidt Ocean Institute expedition and the threads you can see in the video are estimated to be about 154 feet long. And it truly is Just Plain Weird!

For more about the work of the Schmidt Institute check out schmidtocean.org.