“The tissue is almost entirely gel,” said Thomas Linley, a research associate at Newcastle University who worked on the project. “They are really supported by the water around them.”[Like the Science Times page on Facebook. | Sign up for the Science Times newsletter.] Without the pressure of the water and the chill of the deep ocean, they appear to melt on reaching the surface. “It’s like a ghost thing that’s disappearing in front of your eyes.”That makes it all the more exciting that the team managed to trap a purple snailfish.

Source: New York Times September 12, 2018 18:56 UTC