Photographer finds rare giant jellyfish on SP coast and record is impressive; clock

Marine animal was spotted in the region between São Sebastião and Bertioga

A giant jellyfish was found this week on the north coast of Sao Paulo and captured on video by a wildlife photographer. The animal was seen at sea, on the island Montão de Trigo, between the cities of São Sebastião and Bertioga. The record was shared on social media and the size of the jellyfish, surrounded by fish, impressed internet users.

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The photographer is Rafael Mesquita Ferreira, 39, who reported to the Earth who was on the boat when he noticed the presence of three similar animals. The conditions for the dive were not favorable and the water temperature was 15ºC, which according to him favored the appearance of jellyfish.

“I am a wildlife and nature photographer, I go out practically every day, but the sea is not always beautiful. The water that day was very cold, very cloudy and terrible for diving. It was even surprising, completely atypical for the region and even out of season,” he says.

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According to the photographer, due to the colder waters, the habitat was more suitable for the appearance of the species. “These jellyfish, that they are [da espécie] Drymonema Gorgo, it’s a very rare thing here, they usually appear in Santa Catarina, but here it’s very rare.”

The photographer saw three giant jellyfish and thought they were turtles, due to their size. The upper part reached 60 cm in diameter and the tentacles were about 10 meters long, according to Mesquita. “My boat is 10 meters long and the tentacles were bigger than my boat,” he recalls.

On Tuesday 26th the photographer shared the video of one of the jellyfish on his Instagram profile and the recording immediately attracted the attention of internet users. In the documentation, the animal appears to be surrounded by fish, and it is therefore possible to get an idea of ​​its impressive size.

During the dive to make the video, the photographer was not afraid of getting burned by the tentacles and said he had been used to surfing since he was 9 years old. “I have often been burned by jellyfish. When I surf, burns are common.”

According to the World Atlas of Jellyfish (World Atlas of Jellyfish), by Gerhard Jarms and André Morandini, the Drymonema gorgo can reach one meter in diameter and feeds on smaller jellyfish. The species has already been reported in Santa Catarina and was described by Frtiz Müller 137 years ago, based on observations made in Florianópolis between 1857 and 1861, according to information from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC).

Source: Terra

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