# Show me the strangest organism you have learned about in 2020

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Here is my own entry, the _ **bloodybelly comb jelly** _. The video is a few years old, but it was new to me. The shape-changing form and “glowing” lights really make it look very odd and alien to me.

[YouTube video of Bloodybelly Comb Jelly](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaX6BK66v9A)

The Monterey Bay Aquarium says: " Brilliant and seemingly glowing, the bloodybelly comb jelly comes in different shades of red but always has a blood-red stomach. The sparkling display on the outside comes from light diffracting and refracting off tiny transparent, hairlike cilia. These beat continuously, propelling the jelly through the water.  
This species has only recently come to the attention of scientists thanks to images like this, supplied by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute’s remotely operated vehicles."

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