Divers 'humbled' by Cornwall jellyfish encounter

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But biologist Lizzi Daly found herself swimming alongside a huge living eight-armed creature while diving off the coast of Falmouth, Cornwall, this week.
Daly spent around 25 minutes with the four-foot two-inch long jellyfish while underwater cinematographer Dan Abbott captured footage for Wild Ocean Week, which has seen the pair circumnavigate Britain to document UK marine wildlife.
“It’s the biggest jellyfish I’ve ever seen,” said Abbot. “There are a lot of them in the water at the moment.



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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2019/07/15/diver-dwarfed-huge-barrel-jellyfish-coast-cornwall/
 
How is that thing four-foot-two-inches? It looks longer than the diver.
 
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