Jay Wink is an Australian diver who encountered a pyrosome, a strange creature also known as ‘the unicorn of the seas’ because of its mysterious nature.
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The pyrosome was seen by the diver in Port Douglas, Australia, waters where many unusual phenomena occur. Nowadays it seems new species are still often discovered!
It is actually a cluster of thousands of living organisms that can take the form of a tube, which looks incredible when seen underwater.
These thousands of organisms are called Zoids. They give off a special light underwater and look like a huge tube made of jelly when they form the pyrosome. Pyrosomes are Thaliaceae, ‘often-transparent barrel-shaped organisms.’
The one Jay Wink was able to take a picture of was about ten feet long. ‘Under the surface, it was bright pink, the pictures really don't do it credit,’ Jay Wink told The Daily Mail Australia about his discovery, which was ‘particularly unusual’ and quite beautiful.
You can see the footage of this incredible creature in the video above!
