Millions of bizarre sea creatures are storming the Pacific
Millions of tropical sea creatures 'blooming' off B.C. coast http://www.cbc.ca/1.4164883 pic.twitter.com/DPlWUbzzOA
Typically found in the tropics, we're seeing huge numbers of #pyrosomes in the eastern Pacific. Read more http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/06/pyrosome-fire-body-bloom-eastern-pacific-warm-water/ … #ONCabysspic.twitter.com/18RnlIJWmW
Tropical, tube-shaped pyrosomes appear by the millions off Pacific NW & Alaska. No one knows why.
via @EdJoyce http://bit.ly/2rt7w8c
It's a pyrosome party off the West Coast this summer. The filter-feeding colonies are so prolific some Alaskan fishermen are staying ashore.https://twitter.com/OPB/status/875892502578036736 …
Massive bloom of pickle-shaped sea creatures is all over the Pacific; one research net pulled up 60k in 5 mins." https://goo.gl/l1Hdv7
Oh my. "They are firm, like cucumbers, and covered with tiny bumps, but ooze a gelatinous pus when handled." https://goo.gl/l1Hdv7
This week, we've been dazzled by flurries of pyrosomes (gelatinous colonial tunicates) as ROV Hercules ascends to the surface! #ONCAbysspic.twitter.com/N4UQMBEcdH
#ONCabyss Continue to see Pyrosomes in top 200 m of water column, view from ROV ARGUS, watch #NautilusLivepic.twitter.com/rWMLPlDNfh
#ONCabyss Upper water column is full of Pyrosomespic.twitter.com/2924OnMRko
How deep do the pyrosomes extend as observd on the #ONCabyss dives. This 'event' is big & prhaps unprecedented. Please share observations.Tx
Seen them at several sites from the slope to out here at Endeavour, mostly top 50 m #ONCabyss
It's a pyrosome party every time we dive! Gobs of these gelatinous animals in the top 100m at night and 200m in the daytime. #NautilusLivehttps://twitter.com/cbcnewsbc/status/876445165141073920 …
The latest mystery off the Pacific Northwest and Alaskan coasts: the appearance of these tropical "fire bodies." http://on.natgeo.com/2sl7DHh