Mysterious Marine Creature Appears in the Maltese Sea: Ethereal, Transparent, and Revealing Spinal Ribs
According to The Daily Mail on February 6th, a diver discovered a ghostly, transparent marine creature off the coast of Malta.
The diver's name is Lanro Borg, aged 61. He discovered the creature near Marsalforn, Malta.
Lanro said, ‘It looked like a small jellyfish or dolphin. It had a large mouth, and you could see its organs, because its body is transparent. It's about 12 inches long and 8 inches wide. You could clearly see its spinal cord and features resembling ribs. I was very curious.’
In the video, Lanro touched the creature, and his hand could still be seen clearly through its body.
Its shape resembled a fish, with its mouth clearly visible in the front, and a tubular organ inside.
Lanro said, ‘Initially, I didn’t pay much attention, I thought it was just a dolphin or whale fetus.’
Now, after consulting with a contact at the Malta International Ocean Institute, he discovered that the creature is called a salp.
Salps are often mistaken for jellyfish, but from a classification perspective, they are actually more closely related to humans. They grow very quickly. They mature in 48 hours and increase in length by 10% per hour.
They move through the water by contracting muscles around their bodies, sucking water in one end and expelling it through the other.
