# So raise your hand if you think that was a Russian water-tentacle. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 6, 2013, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-raise-your-hand-if-you-think-that-was-a-russian-water-tentacle/665541 "2013-08-06T23:33:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-raise-your-hand-if-you-think-that-was-a-russian-water-tentacle/665541/1 "2013-08-06T23:33:33Z")
This is pretty cool: [http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-08-07/scientists-throw-more-light-on-mystery-sea-creatures/4869902](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-08-07/scientists-throw-more-light-on-mystery-sea-creatures/4869902) > [@](#): > > Scientists in Tasmania have found a new species of unnamed and unclassified sea creature, as its much larger cousin grabs the limelight on the internet. > > The new creature is related to a giant gelatinous animal which is so elusive, it is known as ‘the unicorn of the sea’. > > The rare pyrosome can grow to 30 metres but is actually a colony of tiny creatures called zooids which filter plankton from the water. Pic at link. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-raise-your-hand-if-you-think-that-was-a-russian-water-tentacle/665541/2 "2013-08-07T00:49:53Z")
Bizarre and fascinating! ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-raise-your-hand-if-you-think-that-was-a-russian-water-tentacle/665541/3 "2013-08-07T01:14:22Z")
OK, is it just me, or does that pic look like a still from [The Abyss](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096754/)? ---
**Author:** ![that\_darn\_cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/59ef9b/32.png) [@that\_darn\_cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/that_darn_cat)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-raise-your-hand-if-you-think-that-was-a-russian-water-tentacle/665541/4 "2013-08-07T01:24:29Z")
Well, judging from the thread Title, the OP does. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-raise-your-hand-if-you-think-that-was-a-russian-water-tentacle/665541/5 "2013-08-07T02:27:03Z")
> [@](#): > > “They’re in our phylum, and in our earliest larval stages and their earliest larval stages, you can’t tell us apart.” ‘Our earliest larval stages’, huh? I’ma use that one next time I get into an abortion debate. (Wahahaha. \<\_\< ) As to the soliciting of name suggestions, I like ‘Tasmanian Sea Devil’. ---
**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-raise-your-hand-if-you-think-that-was-a-russian-water-tentacle/665541/6 "2013-08-07T12:15:31Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > ‘Our earliest larval stages’, huh? Apparently Dr Gershwin is a Zerg. I assume that was a phone interview. ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-raise-your-hand-if-you-think-that-was-a-russian-water-tentacle/665541/7 "2013-08-07T12:24:30Z")
[video here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EQGA_4BZ5s&feature=player_embedded) ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-raise-your-hand-if-you-think-that-was-a-russian-water-tentacle/665541/8 "2013-08-07T12:40:28Z")
“We haven’t picked a name for it yet, so we’re open to names, if you have any ideas,” Dr Gershwin said. Tasmanian Bedevil ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-raise-your-hand-if-you-think-that-was-a-russian-water-tentacle/665541/9 "2013-08-07T14:02:55Z")
“Legendum Overfiendius” ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-raise-your-hand-if-you-think-that-was-a-russian-water-tentacle/665541/10 "2013-08-07T15:30:32Z")
Just call that thing “WTF?!?!?”