underwater,ocean,diving,scuba Suprising Anemone Defense Mechanism

Suprising Anemone Defense Mechanism

posted by winkler1

1 year 7 months 4 weeks ago • 6970 views

tags: underwater, ocean, diving, scuba

Whoah...

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Whoa!

written by MarineGunrock

| 1 year 7 months 4 weeks ago | CH

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That's incredible. I've never seen or heard about anything like that before and I've been diving plenty of times.

written by uhohzombies

| 1 year 7 months 4 weeks ago | CH

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Does anyone know more about this? It doesn't look like an anemone to me, more like a filter-feeding worm or something.

written by timefactor | 1 year 7 months 4 weeks ago | CH

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Cool! Can't wait to go diving again.

written by yoghurt

| 1 year 7 months 4 weeks ago | CH

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wow, that was straight out of a cartoon lol

written by 10370

| 1 year 7 months 4 weeks ago | CH

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No, that is straight outta Aliens!

written by CrushBug | 1 year 7 months 4 weeks ago | CH

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damnit! now i know where the last Acme Portable Hole™ from eBay went! that soggy rat bastard

written by youmakekittymad

| 1 year 7 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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zerg have researched Burrow.

written by 10104

| 1 year 7 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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zerg, lol. That is definitely a worm. No idea about what kind, though.

written by RhesusMonk

| 1 year 7 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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Pretty dramatic; reminds me of touch sensitive nyctinastic plants, but a bit more dramatic when the branches and everything can also be constricted underwater.

some little mimosas here;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9TC-FLUAe4

written by bamdrew

| 1 year 7 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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WOL!

(whoa out loud)

written by arvana

| 1 year 7 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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>> ^bamdrew:
Pretty dramatic; reminds me of touch sensitive nyctinastic plants, but a bit more dramatic when the branches and everything can also be constricted underwater.

some little mimosas here;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9TC-FLUAe4

I used to play with plants like that all the time when I was a kid, great fun when you're 4.

written by Crosswords

| 1 year 7 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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It seems to be something other than an anemone. The branching structure of the fronds would indicate something else. The tentacles of tube-dwelling worms, however, tend to be more radial. Based on the branching structure, I'm guessing these are the tentacles is a variety of sea cucumber. A very large one, however. Are there any marine biologists here on the 'sift?

written by 9453 | 1 year 7 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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