Human-Size Jellyfish Found Off The Coast of England

An enormous barrel jellyfish (Rhizostoma pulmo) was found off the southwestern tip of England by a pair of divers who happened to cross paths with it. The barrel jellyfish is a rarely seen species that can grow into the size of a full-grown human. Fortunately, they filmed the whole encounter for all of us to see.

The divers — biologist Lizzie Daly and underwater cinematographer Dan Abbott — shared the encounter in a Facebook video posted Saturday (July 13) as part of the Wild Ocean Week campaign — a series of videos showcasing the oddities of the deep to help raise money for the United Kingdom's Marine Conservation Society.
Daly and Abbott were diving off the coast of Cornwall, U.K., when they saw the giant jelly emerge from the murky water. Also called the dustbin-lid jellyfish, the species is characterized by eight puffy arms capped by stinging tentacles and a large, globular head that lends the creature its unglamorous nickname. Barrel jellyfish sometimes wash up on the shore, Daly told Vice, but it's rare for a diver to swim face-to-faceless-head with one of the massive blobs.

(Image Credit: Lizzie Daly Wildlife/ Facebook)


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