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    Purple jellyfish with multiple mouths could be new species

    Purple jellyfish with multiple mouths could be new species
    Australian Associated Press
    theguardian.com, Wednesday 21 May 2014 02.57 EDT

    Lifeguards on the Queensland's sunshine coast found the extraordinary creature and handed it over to scientists



    The vivid purple jellyfish was washed up on Coolum beach on the sunshine coast on
    Wednesday. Photograph: Coolum Beach Surf and Life Saving Club/AAP


    Scientists believe a bright purple jellyfish covered in tiny mouths that has washed up on a Queensland beach could be an undiscovered species.

    The extraordinary colour of the creature has baffled marine experts, who are now trying to determine the species.

    "It's straight out of science fiction," said marine biologist Dr Lisa Gershwin, who will analyse the jellyfish on Wednesday. "It's an electric, vibrant, ‘wow’ purple."

    She said the tentacles, or oral arms, were about a metre long and covered in microscopic mouths.

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    thats a cool colour
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    Yuck. That thing is creepy. But the color is really nice. I would love to have that color in my house but not sure I like it on a creepy jellyfish.
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    Yuck. That thing is creepy. But the color is really nice. I would love to have that color in my house but not sure I like it on a creepy jellyfish.
    Couldn't agree more. A jellyfish? With MULTIPLE mouths? No. Just no.

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    Couldn't agree more. A jellyfish? With MULTIPLE mouths? No. Just no.

    lol
    Yeah, the multiple mouths is a pretty gross concept. And jellyfish scare me to begin with.
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