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A New Zealand resident who went to sea to fish was stunned when pulled out of the water absolutely transparent creature, floating around his boat. Stuart Fraser was fishing with by the sons Konahan and Finn, 70 kilometers north of Karikari Peninsula, when he saw a translucent creature, floating at the top of the water. “I was confused, thinking, it’s worth trying to catch it or better not to catch it unknown to me marine life? However, curiosity prevailed and I decided to take a closer look. It felt like the creature was covered pretty hard scales. It seemed that there was nothing inside him, except an orange little drop, “said Fraser in an interview Mail Online Mysterious creature perplexed not only Fraser. A photo of a transparent inhabitant of the depths puzzled all of him fisherman friends who still haven’t figured out who it could be to be. “We have no idea what it is. I would not believe what it is perhaps if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes. Me and my friends, we’ve never seen anything like this before, “said Fraser. However, Deborah Cracknell of the National Marine the aquarium in Plymouth, after conducting a study, concluded that the creature caught by the fisherman is called Maggiore Salpa (Salpa maxima). Paul Cox, director of the National Marine Aquarium, said: “Not enough what is known about these salps, however they are often found in cold seas with the most abundant concentration in the Southern Ocean. Salps are usually barrel-shaped and move by pumping. water through gelatinous bodies. “Among salpe-class marine creatures quite a lot of samples little known to science and each discovery becomes a real sensation. So, last year, off the coast Tasmanian divers managed to capture a 30-meter sea unicorn. Fireworks or pyrosomes (lat.Pyrostremma spinosum or pyrosome) They are also a representative of the salp class. They are able to grow up to 30 meters long and up to two meters wide.
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