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Related: About this forumA Pulsating, Alien-Looking Sea Creature Has Been Found on a Beach in New Zealand
It's mesmerising.
JACINTA BOWLER 19 SEP 2018
On Monday, a New Zealand family were just walking along a Northern Auckland beach when they stumbled across a bizarre, pink-colour blob that resembled a volcano shape.
The creature, which turned out to be a species of huge jellyfish, has a white segmented outer body, with a colourful red inside, and looks just a bit like a really squishy alien.
"[Jellyfish] were everywhere and we were pretty amazed. Then we saw this massive one that seemed different from all of the others," Eve Dickinson explained to Auckland Now.
"We spent ages looking at it because of its beautiful colours and shape. My boy said it reminded him of a volcano."
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A Pulsating, Alien-Looking Sea Creature Has Been Found on a Beach in New Zealand (Original Post)
Judi Lynn
Sep 2018
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klook
(12,157 posts)1. OK, with this and the "rafts" of fire ants...
I think I'm gonna just stay inside for a while.
Thanks for all the fascinating science stories you post!
Judi Lynn
(160,545 posts)2. You can never be sure it can't jump up and fly after you! So creepy.
Thank you, klook. I love finding them.
NBachers
(17,122 posts)3. Let me tell you about the Miami palmetto bugs, giant roaches that fly into your hair & get tangled
up in it as you frantically try to claw them out!
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)4. GAH!!!
ProfessorPlum
(11,257 posts)5. LOL nice