Free Republic 2nd Qtr 2025 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $70,772
87%  
Woo hoo!! And we're now over 87%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Keyword: pyrosome

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • Terrifying moment diver comes face to face with mysterious 30-foot 'sea serpent'

    02/12/2019 1:37:56 PM PST · by ETL · 16 replies
    The Sun ^ | Feb 12, 2019
    Ben Laurie, 21, encountered the bizarre creature while diving near Cape Brett on New Zealand's North Island. ..." Ben, who has years of experience in the water and is an ambassador for the WildBlue dive shop, said he had seen nothing like it. He added: "I didn't know what it was at the time, so it was quite a confusing thing. "We get these little like plankton build-ups – they're like small stringy things but they're only like 20 cm. (7.8 inches) long – so I thought it was just a large one of them. "But one of the guys...
  • Mysterious 26-foot worm-like sea creature stuns divers

    11/14/2018 1:06:13 PM PST · by DFG · 23 replies
    Fox News ^ | 11/14/2018 | James Rogers
    Two divers in New Zealand found themselves face-to-face with a strange 26-foot worm-like sea creature recently. Caters reports that the hollow, wind-sock-like creature was found by friends Steve Hathaway and Andrew Buttle, who were diving off the coast of Whakaari, a stratovolcano on New Zealand’s White Island. In the video, the pulsating and shuddering worm can be seen changing shape as it moves slowly through the water. The strange creature has been identified as a Pyrosome, a bioluminescent mass made up of hundreds of thousands of organisms that feed on plankton. Pyrosomes are actually colonies made up of individual pyrosome...