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Deep-sea scientists filmed something astonishing and very rarely seen swimming over the seafloor in Chile
(www.discoverwildlife.com)
this post was submitted on 07 Nov 2025
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That is mesmerizing. Is some of the particulate in the video eggs (or hatchlings) that are becoming dislodged? Or is that all other debris in the water?
marine snow probably, im pretty sure there some mucus like material that glues them to the tentacles. theres an octupus that is similar too.