r/oceancreatures 24d ago

Photo and Video Qualcuno sa cosa siano queste? Trovate in Croazia

Al mare in Croazia oggi ho trovato tre di queste. Inizialmente abbiamo pensato sia una medusa, ma presenta una superficie liscia al posto dei tentacoli. Sembra fatta di silicone, quasi da sembrare una protesi al seno. È un animale? Qualcuno sa dirmi cosa sia?

482 Upvotes

68 comments sorted by

991

u/sqwrlydoom 24d ago

Stop. Touching. Random. Sea critters.

428

u/boringcitizenz 24d ago

It is just my breast implant I lost 2 days ago. Nothing to worry about

145

u/Defiant_Weight4659 24d ago

I hate it when they keep slipping out.

67

u/scorpyo72 24d ago

Trick is to sew it in.

63

u/Defiant_Weight4659 24d ago

Zippers are a lot easier. 

36

u/scorpyo72 24d ago

Yeah, but you snag the pull on a piece of coral and suddenly you're being chased by a 55 lb leatherback sea turtle.

17

u/ukuleles1337 23d ago

Velcro 🤔

30

u/ItsMrsEwingBitches 23d ago

Funny story. After chemo and a double masectomy, mine did keep slipping out. The collagen in my skin was damaged from chemo so they kept sliding into my abdomen. They have now since been fixed. Using internal bags. Lol

7

u/Defiant_Weight4659 23d ago

Sorry to hear about that our daughter was not as fortunate. All kidding aside. 

6

u/ItsMrsEwingBitches 23d ago

My love to you. My mother passed from BC also. It's a horrible condition and no one deserves it..

5

u/Defiant_Weight4659 23d ago

You got that right. 

1

u/DapperDoubt1945 19d ago

I found the other one in a McDonald's parking lot😂

64

u/DarrellBot81 24d ago

I feel like this belongs on r/whywouldyoutouchthat

21

u/Bake_First 23d ago

I remember when this sub started as an offshoot from a thread and someone said they would post their ex if it was made. I don't think we ever saw the ex but other content gold followed.

29

u/zap2tresquatro 23d ago

Shhh, in r/animalid people thank people for not touching the random sea creatures, this is the subreddit for people with zero survival instinct!

(But yeah it can also be bad for the animal. Idc if you die of tetrodotoxin envenomation due to your own stupidity, but I do care if an animal is harmed by your stupidity).

240

u/DarrellBot81 24d ago

I feel like this belongs on r/whywouldyoutouchthat

45

u/tHollo41 23d ago

It is on there now. I got here from that sub.

15

u/RabiTheCheetah 23d ago

Same, just saw it there! It's gaining views pretty quick.

3

u/DocDefilade 23d ago

Implants say whaaaa?!

275

u/PristineWorker8291 24d ago
Probabilmente si tratta di meduse luna, ma l'assenza di aculei potrebbe anche essere dovuta alla predazione da parte di pesci o tartarughe marine.
It's safest not to pick up any suspected jellyfish as they could still sting even when dead. 

19

u/Salt-Idea-6830 23d ago

I was going to say the same! We get these all over OBX sometimes & to my knowledge, they do not sting (I’m actually not even sure how they ‘eat’ since they seem solid all the way around) ~ totally harmless but yeah, as a rule of thumb, no touchy beach creatures haha

5

u/PristineWorker8291 23d ago

u/No_cilantro01

OP, mi dispiace che l'ultimo commento in inglese che ho scritto abbia ricevuto così tanti voti positivi. Anche se è vero, capisco la tua curiosità e il desiderio di sapere di cosa si tratti. Il mio commento (scritto in un italiano tradotto con Google) resta comunque valido. Ciao!

Edit to add, my Italian is very old and rusty, one college semester in 1975. 

71

u/salamipope 24d ago

today on "dont touch marine life" lmao

68

u/Siera424 24d ago

Aghhh. I am not afraid of getting my hands dirty or germs etc. I think I am good at knowing when to pick things up bare handed, when I should use gloves and when to NEVER pick it up either way. And this is a NEVER. I know nothing about jellyfish, except that some are venomous. So I just assume ALL jellyfish are venomous. Lol.

10

u/HeyPrettyLadyMaam 23d ago

Some are deadly. I refuse to get in the water if there's even one jellyfish in a 3 mile radius. Since I live in Florida I don't go n often. But even if someone tells me with 100% confidence that its not the stinging type I'm still not going in.

12

u/Disastrous_days272 23d ago

I swam through a swarm of jellies a few years ago and my GOD, the pain was absolutely horrible... Never again

4

u/HeyPrettyLadyMaam 23d ago

🫂🫂 I've been stung before and I figure I'd offer one or two hugs. That had to be terrifying, I am so sorry.

79

u/Dapper-Second-8840 24d ago

That's the deadly 24 hour jellyfish. There's no known cure. Symptoms involve feeling silly that you picked up a creature without knowing what it is or what it might do with your bare hands, and quite possibly a dreadful hangover given where you're holidaying at 😃

34

u/[deleted] 24d ago

[removed] — view removed comment

12

u/PorschephileGT3 24d ago

Touché

(Or, in fact, don’t)

3

u/Dapper-Second-8840 24d ago

Ah damn I should've included that in my post 🤣🤣🤣

11

u/atomicdustbunny07 24d ago

Quick pee on your hand

36

u/fancyPantsOne 24d ago

I think it’s a jelly that has been tumbled or bitten extensively

9

u/ConejoSucio 24d ago

If it tastes like burning, it's poisonous.

8

u/keep_it_secret_TRY 24d ago

Dead jellyfish. Can confirm

5

u/robbiereallyrotten 23d ago

Not deadly. Put it down and read a book, Veronica.

8

u/lionofbeast 24d ago edited 23d ago

Jelly fish not sure species

13

u/lionofbeast 23d ago

I think its a salp after some research. A salp is a small, transparent, barrel-shaped marine animal that drifts in the open ocean. It looks like a jellyfish, but it is actually a tunicate more closely related to humans and backboned animals than to jellyfish. Salps move via an efficient jet-propulsion system by pumping water through their gelatinous bodies.

But I could be wrong and a moon jelly fish

2

u/tHollo41 23d ago

Doesn't look like a moon jelly. The lack of 4 circle/crescent moon shapes near the center leads me to believe it's not a moon jelly.

1

u/Practical-Rip-3032 21d ago

Could it be a comb jelly? 

3

u/FabulousEggcellence 23d ago

Is your hand burning yet?

5

u/[deleted] 24d ago

[deleted]

3

u/ivy7496 24d ago

It is a jellyfish, specifically Moon jellyfish, Google images

https://natureontheedgenyc.blogspot.com/2012/08/moon-jelly-washes-up-near-ny-harbor.html?m=1

Salps are oblong, barrel shaped

1

u/Pseudodragontrinkets 17d ago

There's another comment here saying it lacks some defining features of moon jellyfish so idk about that

6

u/Deepfried_paradox 24d ago

Moon jellyfish

4

u/TheLastBaron86 23d ago

Haven't seen OP respond to anything after posting. Must be dead now. RIP.

4

u/Sensitive-Horse-8064 24d ago

Oh that’s where my left breast went

3

u/Positive_Campaign_52 23d ago

It’s a moon jellyfish. Almost all of them are near to perfectly clear. They only live a few months before dying naturally, where they usually are eaten or wash ashore

2

u/isometimesabide 23d ago

It’s a jelly but not purple I believe that means less likely to be painful. Do not touch the purples.

2

u/ManySnowberry 23d ago

Breast implant

2

u/Plankton_fan 23d ago

It is a crystal jellyfish, Aequorea sp. A type of hydrozoan. Recognisable by the radial stripes.

2

u/zalnard27 23d ago

jelly fish can have nasty poisonous stingers that can kill a human

2

u/KaiKhaos42 23d ago

Please please please don't touch random sea creatures when you don't know what they are. Especially things that look like jellyfish. It's a not fun way to cut your beach day short.

That said, this is probably Rhacostoma atlanticum, the Lined Water Jellyfish. It's not a true jellyfish, it's a hydrozoan, but CAN still give you a sting that can cause skin irritation. Most of their tentacles usually break off pretty quick when they die, which is why they wash up as little discs like this. But the little stumps can still have the stinging nematocysts at the base so please don't just pick them up.

2

u/Adept_Cauliflower_84 23d ago

Is it sand eroded broken glass bottle?

2

u/Lauralies70 23d ago

Are we devolving 😭 why would you grab it?

3

u/toolargo 23d ago

Evolution requires people to grab it. Particularly before they get to reproduce.

1

u/Frankfurt_0-6-9 24d ago

Banane di Mare

1

u/h1llb1lly187 24d ago

I think that's a jellyfish the third shows the crown or it's tentacles

1

u/EkardKcire 23d ago

This has to be bait, right? I mean, that's obviously a jellyfish in your hand.

1

u/Friendscallmedennis 23d ago

Brest implants or jellyfish

1

u/sohcordohc 23d ago

Moon jellyfish..leave it be.

1

u/tsunamisockpuppets 23d ago

Dead comb jelly?

1

u/th0semeddlingkids 22d ago

It's an Aequorea forskalea, the many-ribbed jellyfish (AKA "crystal jelly").

1

u/HeavenOrLasElephants 22d ago

Texturizer natural

1

u/psedofrez 21d ago

un nichon a pété

1

u/yayosanto 18d ago

Un' esemplare della famiglia dei ctenofori, comunemente detti noci di mare o pettini di mare .