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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stimulus mind" data-source="post: 26283158" data-attributes="member: 577135"><img src="https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/g8oDfRTiD5o0ehMhaGAM5IpKnRI=/500x0/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2F7a22238f-3fd3-4712-80fc-45a86014ae1e" alt="Scientists solve mystery of giant hovering blobs off coast of Norway" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />A metre-long blob is actually a sac containing hundreds of thousands of squid eggs. Several years after a series of giant, transparent, jelly-like blobs were found hovering in the ocean off the coast of Norway, scientists have finally figured out what they are. The metre-wide blobs drift midway between the ocean floor and the surface and save for a black streak through the centre, were completely featureless. But thanks to DNA testing, scientists have figured out the blob is not merely alive, but hundreds of thousands of living things. The blobs are sacs containing countless numbers of tiny eggs, belonging to a relatively common squid called Illex coindetii, or the broadtail shortfin squid.[ATTACH=full]119379[/ATTACH]One of the giant orbs floating in the ocean. (Ringvold, H., Taite, M., Allcock, A.L. et al.)The blob itself is far bigger than the squid that made it. The female squid makes the sac out of its own mucus, and by the time the flimsy sphere has disintegrated, the baby squid is ready to be born. The findings were published last week in Scientific Reports. Scientists theorise the dark streak through the middle of the wobbly orb is ink from the mother squid, ejected during the reproduction cycle. They also believe the ink could be used as a way of deterring curious potential predators." Spheres with or without ink may be a result of spheres being at different maturity stages, where spheres with ink are freshly spawned," the study read."After a while, when embryos start developing, the whole sphere, including the streak, will start to disintegrate."The broadtail shortfin squid can grow up to 30 centimetres in length and is found in the North Atlantic, Mediterranean, the Gulf of Mexico, and off the coast of Surinam, Venezuela and Namibia. Its numbers are on the rise in the North Sea off the coast of Norway, with overfishing in the region allowing it to flourish with fewer predators.It is commonly eaten in Spain, Portugal and southern Italy. Each egg is around a millimetre in diameter. They hatch up to 14 days after being laid.By Nick Pearson9news.com</blockquote>

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