A close up of one of the mysterious ‘blue goo’ creatures discovered by researchers near Saint Croix in the Caribbean
© NOAA Ocean Exploration, Voyage to the Ridge 2022 / Charlène Letenneur / NASA Earth Observatory
Unidentified deep-sea ‘blue goo’ creatures recently left scientists scratching their heads after they spotted the mysterious blobs hanging out on the seafloor in the Caribbean. During a live stream of an expedition, team members discussed what the gloopy globules could be, but none of the researchers could come up with a definitive answer. The mysterious blobs were discovered sitting motionless on the seafloor between 407 and 611 metres beneath the water’s surface.