Marine Biologists Capture Footage of Transparent Sea Creature That Can Turn Into Glowing Kaleidoscope of Color

Marine Biologists Capture Footage of Transparent Sea Creature That Can Turn Into Glowing Kaleidoscope of Color
Courtesy of Team Aquatilis and @aquatilis_expedition
Anna Mason
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Led by a scientist dubbed “the Russian Indiana Jones,” a team of divers has discovered a wondrous marine organism that changes itself from clear to a kaleidoscope of color.

One of the mysteries of the seas, jelly creature Cestum veneris has a sophisticated mechanism for keeping safe from predators, wrapping itself in layers around a delicate center. That still doesn’t explain exactly why it changes from transparent to glowing colored in a couple of minutes. Could it just be for show? Team Aquitilis, from Russia, say even they can’t be sure.

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