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05-03-2016, 01:40 PM
This newly discovered jellyfish looks like something out of 'Avatar'
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There's still a lot left to learn about the Mariana Trench and the sea creatures that dwell in its depths, but researchers say they are discovering more with each visit.*
Take, for example, last week's discovery of a never-before-seen*jellyfish. Cameras on the*Okea**s Explorer, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (**AA) research vessel, caught the animal gracefully swimming at a depth of 2.7 miles.
SEE ALSO: Swarms of nightmarishly huge jellyfish are invading the UK (http://mashable.com/2015/08/21/jellyfish-swarms-uk/)
**AA scientists, who called the jellyfish "stunningly beautiful" in a statement, believe that the bioluminescent creature may be an ambush predator, given that it had its long tentacles splayed outward while its bell remained motionlessScientists identified it as belonging to the*genus Crossota.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/05/02/jellyfish-in-mariana-trench/)
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There's still a lot left to learn about the Mariana Trench and the sea creatures that dwell in its depths, but researchers say they are discovering more with each visit.*
Take, for example, last week's discovery of a never-before-seen*jellyfish. Cameras on the*Okea**s Explorer, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (**AA) research vessel, caught the animal gracefully swimming at a depth of 2.7 miles.
SEE ALSO: Swarms of nightmarishly huge jellyfish are invading the UK (http://mashable.com/2015/08/21/jellyfish-swarms-uk/)
**AA scientists, who called the jellyfish "stunningly beautiful" in a statement, believe that the bioluminescent creature may be an ambush predator, given that it had its long tentacles splayed outward while its bell remained motionlessScientists identified it as belonging to the*genus Crossota.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/05/02/jellyfish-in-mariana-trench/)
More about Oceanic Explorer (http://mashable.com/category/oceanic-explorer/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), **aa (http://mashable.com/category/**aa/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Mariana Trench (http://mashable.com/category/mariana-trench/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Jellies (http://mashable.com/category/jellies/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and World (http://mashable.com/world/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/LmWx-QcVFNI