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Dave Dempsey

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18. 8. 2014 - 12:09

Today's Webtip: the Purple Siphonophore

People went to great depths to find this critter.

Have you ever heard of a siphonophore? I hadn't, until an article popped up on my newsfeed about a discovery from the Nautilaus Discovery Expedition.

A siphonophore looks like a single organism but is actually a colony of smaller organisms. It also looks like something out of a frighteningly realistic sci-fi flick.

You can keep up with the expedition at their homepage www.nautiluslive.org They even do live streams of their dives.