# What is this weird sea creature? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 11, 2012, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-weird-sea-creature/621600 "2012-05-11T12:04:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-weird-sea-creature/621600/1 "2012-05-11T12:04:55Z")
Video here. ---
**Author:** ![Weedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/weedy/32/301_2.png) [@Weedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weedy)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-weird-sea-creature/621600/2 "2012-05-11T12:56:39Z")
Fixed link: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E-8_wDgN7c) ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-weird-sea-creature/621600/3 "2012-05-11T13:12:52Z")
It’s clearly a whatdafuckdebeast. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-weird-sea-creature/621600/4 "2012-05-11T13:12:58Z")
A piece of whale gut moving in the current? ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-weird-sea-creature/621600/5 "2012-05-11T13:27:13Z")
Baby leviathan. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Duality](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.duality/32/4098_2.png) [@Mr.Duality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Duality)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-weird-sea-creature/621600/6 "2012-05-11T13:29:01Z")
Large plastic sheet, like a tarp. ---
**Author:** ![Baracus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2bfe46/32.png) [@Baracus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baracus)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-weird-sea-creature/621600/7 "2012-05-11T13:50:37Z")
Deepstaria enigmatica jellyfish, [apparently](http://www.wtsp.com/news/watercooler/article/254891/58/Camera-catches-giant-sea-creature). ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-weird-sea-creature/621600/8 "2012-05-11T13:59:31Z")
Moving from IMHO to General Questions. ---
**Author:** ![Sandra\_Battye](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sandra_battye/32/552_2.png) [@Sandra\_Battye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sandra_Battye)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-weird-sea-creature/621600/9 "2012-05-11T14:09:20Z")
IF it is a sea creature, and not just something caught in a current, I think it may be related to sea jellies (although it also bears some resemblance to an octopus or nudibrach [sea slug]). Beginning at 4:15, the video shows some “organs”, what possibly is an orifice and some kind of organ for stinging or delivering reproductive cells. I’m not convinced that it is alive, but that’s my best guess. And\*\* Barcus \*\*has it nailed. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-weird-sea-creature/621600/10 "2012-05-11T18:36:10Z")
The pulsating movement of the thing on the video corresponds with the camera movement - I think a lot of the apparent animation of this object/creature is caused by the manoeuvring thrusters of whatever vehicle the camera is mounted on.