BIG RED - not just a chewing gum anymore

[avi]

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/05/07/MN182575.DTL

In the cold, dark waters north of the Farallon Islands, nearly a mile beneath the surface, scientists have discovered a new species of huge jellyfish with a striking red bell that grows more than a yard wide and has a cluster of wrinkled, fleshy arms instead of streaming tentacles...

 

[xfer]

holy crap. this thread's jejune subject belies its awesome content.

 

[FuSoYa]

ggaah! whoa!

i love how in the pic you posted, it looks like the thing is floating in outer space!

 

[FuSoYa]

...and its thick feeding appendages called oral arms.

Oral arms!!!!!

 

[FuSoYa]

"For now," Matsumoto said in an interview, "the good news is that Big Red is unique and fascinating and exciting, while the bad news is that it takes so much more research work to classify it, to publish what we learn about it, and eventually to understand all the things we don't know about it. But even that's fun, too."

Japanese people are awesome!!!

 

[Stultus]

Holy Shit! xfer's already used the word "jejune" twice in the last two weeks!





I'm on to you.

 

[FrostGiant]

The Japanese are just trying to figure out the best way to prepare it.

 

[xfer]

"oooh! delicious!"

 

[xfer]

there's a lot of jejune shit to talk about!