Though they're rarely seen by divers, these animals aren't exactly inconspicuous, so what's to stop marine predators from feasting on the largely defenceless colony? The clue is in the name, which comes from the Greek "pyro" (meaning "fire") and "soma" (meaning "body"). The colonies are often confused with squid egg masses because they're similar in appearance – in fact, we actually made that mistake ourselves when this one popped up on YouTube: They might be feathery and delicate as individuals, but a pyrosome colony produces a relatively strong current. A zooid may be just a millimetre long, but reports exist of animals as large as penguins getting trapped within the tube's interior. Nutrients are filtered out, and any waste is passed on into the empty space in the middle, where it flows out into the sea.Īnd as we all know, many hands make light work. "And like members of the Borg, which are mentally connected, pyrosome members are physically connected– actually sharing tissues," adds marine bioligst Dr Rebecca Helm.Ī pyrosome's shape is held by a gelatinous "mucus baloon", which suspends each zooid within its walls. The individual mouthparts are aimed away from the balloon's hollow interior, continuously taking in water as they move fluidly through the ocean. They manoeuvre around using a suck-and-blow strategy akin to jet propulsion, working together as one singular organism to pull and push water through tiny slits in their bodies. The zooids that make up one long pyrosome are clones of one another, with each individual capable of adding to the colony by copying itself. It was entirely made up of tiny, clear elongated bubbles. There were no eyes or anything like a face. "It was open at one end with nothing inside and yet it seemed to move as if the tapered end was some kind of head.
"As we watched, it became more mesmerising!" says Perez. "It was drifting and hovering in an odd way at about 80ft of depth," recalls diver Ivan Perez. "We remove any plastic we find so that turtles will not mistake it for jellyfish and try to eat it."Īs the team approached the drifting structure, its true nature was revealed: the tube was not man-made, but rather a colony of tiny organisms called zooids. In fact, they initially mistook the Borg-like creature for trash. With over 20,000 dives logged between them, not a single member of the team had ever seen a pyrosome.
The crew of Expedition Akumal came across the colony while working to remove invasive lionfish from the local reefs. It is very much alive, and made up of thousands and thousands of tiny clones. RedTube is yours - your Home of videos Porno.This strange, red windsock was spotted off the coast of Akumal, Mexico.
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