That's not a plastic bag, it's a Comb Jelly!

What: Comb Jelly - unidentified species,
but our best guess is that it belongs to the genus Beroe

Where: I took this photo of Jerry and the Comb Jelly
while diving off the coast of Puako, Hawaii.

Can you think of a good caption for this photo? Tell us in the Comments.

Comb Jelly
Click in the photo to enlarge.

Wordless Wednesday
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22 comments:

  1. That's an awseome photo, I was stung by a man of war and they scare me now, all jelly fish species that is
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  2. Ha ha! It does look like a plastic bag. :D
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  3. A man with a jelly! the only thing I can think about at the moment :))
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  4. Great shot! I like the look in Jerry's eyes. He looks very surprised.
    The jelly almost doesn't look real. I don't think I knew this kind existed.
    I thought it looked like a liter bottle with the top half cut off.
    I'm not quick enough to think of a caption. I'm coming back to see who comes up with something. :)
    My post is here: Carletta’s Captures.
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  5. How cool..Ive never seen one of those. Even on a nature show. You really do live in paradise:) Happy WW my friend.
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  6. This is my first visit to your bog and I'm just flabbergasted! I would have guessed initially that it was a plastic bag too!
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  7. I am happy that it is not a plastic bag.... Our oceans are littered enough!

    Beautiful photo...
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  8. Is that a plastic bag? What the heck is that? Is it alive?
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  9. It does look like a plastic bag. Don't marine predators often mistake bags for jellies and swallow them?
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  10. I can't think of a caption one, but Hawaii - Mmmm! Very nice!
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  11. I don't have a caption, Bobbie - but what a photo! Did you crop it like that or was this how you took it?

    Whichever - it's just perfect! What an expression - and of course the jellyfish is very unique too.

    Look forward to seeing what other readers come up with.
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  12. Hi can I celebrate World Ocean Day today? with my watery post.

    Nice blog. I like all your photos.
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  13. "A comb. I knew I'd forgotten something this morning."
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  14. UFO 11 o'clock high!!!

    What a wonderful photo.. how you managed to get both your friend and the jelly in focus.
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  15. I can't think of a caption but I was thinking that it rather looks like an empty thought bubble.
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  16. It looks for all the world like a capsicum toprpedo. Great shot.
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  17. fAmazing creature.Does it have eyes? I've never heard of a Comb Jelly.

    How many combs could a Comb Jelly carry, if a Comb Jelly could carry combs?
    B.
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  18. It certainly looks like a piece of debris. Are they particularly dangerous compared to other jellies?
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  19. New Ocean Species discovered - Clear Pepper Giant

    How about that title?

    Pua
    Best Hawaii Vacation
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  20. "The Comb Jelly's mystery world" or "The friendship between a Comb Jelly and a man".
    The photo is fantastic.
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  21. Thanks everyone. I guess this one was a hard one to caption, but I do like some of your attempts.

    @Dennis - yes, unfortunately real plastic bags are sometimes swallowed by marine creatures, possibly because they are mistaken for something like this comb jelly. Unfortunately, animals that ingest plastic bags usually die as a result. The plastic bag blocks their digestive system.

    @Marie - Welcome to The Right Blue. We hope you come back.

    @Kathy - Thanks. I did crop a bit of 'extra' blue off the sides, but otherwise the image on the original transparency was as you see it. I thought I had more of Jerry's face in the frame -- guess I should have shot from a little farther away.

    To those who asked if these jellies can sting: comb jellies belong to a different phylum than the jellies most frequently associated with stinging. Note that the one in the photo has no trailing tentacles.

    Bobbie
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  22. The photo is amazing. how did you get that crisp of a picture underwater. Love the title too.
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Bobbie & Jerry

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