Rare and Bizarre Tentacle-Trailing Sea Creature Caught on Video, Expedition Scientist’s ‘Mind is Blown’

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Takeaways:

  • Scientists have captured a video of a sea pen in the Pacific Ocean.
  • Before their discovery, the sea pen had never been seen in the central Pacific and never collected as sightings have only been seen in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.
  • The creature was spotted at 9,823 feet (2,994 m) below the surface near a previously unexplored seamount north of Johnston Atoll.

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