Comments on: The 60 foot long jet powered animal you’ve probably never heard of https://deepseanews.com/2013/08/the-60-foot-long-jet-powered-animal-youve-probably-never-heard-of/ All the news on the Earth's largest environment. Sat, 04 Jul 2015 16:17:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Pyrosomes: The Ultimate Social Networkers - Biology Biozine https://deepseanews.com/2013/08/the-60-foot-long-jet-powered-animal-youve-probably-never-heard-of/#comment-6865 Tue, 25 Mar 2014 21:23:00 +0000 https://www.deepseanews.com/?p=20652#comment-6865 […] to Explore Giant Pyrosome and Salps The 60-Foot-Long Jet-Powered Animal You’ve Probably Never Heard Of Tunicates – Salps, Doliolids, and Pyrosomes Pictured: The Incredible Deep-sea Glow Worm Called […]

]]> By: 17 Awesome Animals You Didn't Know Existed - SNEAKHYPE https://deepseanews.com/2013/08/the-60-foot-long-jet-powered-animal-youve-probably-never-heard-of/#comment-6864 Sat, 21 Sep 2013 13:27:22 +0000 https://www.deepseanews.com/?p=20652#comment-6864 […] imgur | deepseanews | […]

]]> By: Impending war with Syria and turning towards the Fall | Ellen Evert Hopman https://deepseanews.com/2013/08/the-60-foot-long-jet-powered-animal-youve-probably-never-heard-of/#comment-6863 Sun, 01 Sep 2013 20:48:20 +0000 https://www.deepseanews.com/?p=20652#comment-6863 […] Unicorns of the Sea […]

]]> By: Strange and the sea | Rturpin's Blog https://deepseanews.com/2013/08/the-60-foot-long-jet-powered-animal-youve-probably-never-heard-of/#comment-6862 Fri, 23 Aug 2013 12:49:45 +0000 https://www.deepseanews.com/?p=20652#comment-6862 […] tubular in shape. These usually are small: sea urchins and worms. Often studded with adornments. Pyrosomes, like the one shown in the photo left, can grow up to 60 feet long. And RR Helm is right: I had […]

]]> By: David Bofinger https://deepseanews.com/2013/08/the-60-foot-long-jet-powered-animal-youve-probably-never-heard-of/#comment-6861 Fri, 23 Aug 2013 06:10:51 +0000 https://www.deepseanews.com/?p=20652#comment-6861 It’s not really jet propulsion but suction propulsion through the zooids at the nose. If it were really jet propulsion then it would be unstable and you’d need some clever method of keeping nose aligned with tail – such things are probably beyond pyrosomes. With suction propulsion the nose pulls and everything else just follows along.

I’m amazed the big ones don’t get chewed up by e.g. fish. They can’t all be fooled by bioluminescence.

]]> By: The Sixty Foot Long Jet-Powered Clone Animal Colony | prettyawfulthings https://deepseanews.com/2013/08/the-60-foot-long-jet-powered-animal-youve-probably-never-heard-of/#comment-6860 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 20:02:01 +0000 https://www.deepseanews.com/?p=20652#comment-6860 […] Via Deep Sea News. […]

]]> By: “Borg and the Clone Wars” … live | pindanpost https://deepseanews.com/2013/08/the-60-foot-long-jet-powered-animal-youve-probably-never-heard-of/#comment-6859 Sun, 18 Aug 2013 03:50:26 +0000 https://www.deepseanews.com/?p=20652#comment-6859 […] But does it eat people?: via dmanlt.com. […]

]]> By: Dave Bennett https://deepseanews.com/2013/08/the-60-foot-long-jet-powered-animal-youve-probably-never-heard-of/#comment-6858 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 14:16:07 +0000 https://www.deepseanews.com/?p=20652#comment-6858 In reply to Steve.

Hi, I was wondering if it may actually be possible to take you up on the offer? Obviously my university could cover all postage costs etc. If you’d like it for discussion out of a comment section my email address is davidrbennett88[at]gmail[dot]com. Cheers!

]]> By: Swampwitch https://deepseanews.com/2013/08/the-60-foot-long-jet-powered-animal-youve-probably-never-heard-of/#comment-6857 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 16:50:18 +0000 https://www.deepseanews.com/?p=20652#comment-6857 You need to *tell* people to refrain from swimming inside a huge sea creature?!! Seriously?

]]> By: Pyrosomes and Salps | Constantly Underwhelmed https://deepseanews.com/2013/08/the-60-foot-long-jet-powered-animal-youve-probably-never-heard-of/#comment-6856 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 22:35:21 +0000 https://www.deepseanews.com/?p=20652#comment-6856 […] While they seem mostly benign and fragile it has been reported that penguins can die if trapped inside a pyrosome. […]

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