Fans have been left shocked after seeing a bizarre sea creature transform into a completely new type of beast when underwater.
Taking to YouTube, user CaptainJRD posted a one-minute clip of the creature just floating along in the water before it was triggered into morphing into a completely different type of being which has left people baffled.
In the caption, the YouTuber wrote: "This video was taken by an ROV (remotely operated vehicle) at a depth of 3753 ft in the Indian Ocean within close proximity to a drill wellhead."
It continued: "Near the end of the footage, you can see the creature getting caught up in the output from the ROV thrusters. The video has not been altered and was taken off the East coast of Africa."
Have a look below:The footage shows a black circular-type creature floating about before it goes into itself, transforming into some sort of black squid-like animal with seemingly fluorescent lights towards the back end of it.
The video, which has been viewed over 5.9 million times since it was posted, has received thousands of comments about what it could potentially be.
"This has to be the most alien-looking creature I've ever seen," wrote one user. "The shape this creature had in the beginning looked like a strange ancient symbol, and the way it morphed from that stage into a luminous creature with pulsating lights is insane!!"
"If this isn’t one of the coolest things ever, I’m not sure what is," added another.
A third also made a good point: "Like someone once told me, you'd think most animals in the world were aliens if you weren't taught about them beforehand. Giraffe, octopus, lemur are some examples. Imagine not knowing what a chameleon was, then finding a lizard with independent eyes, changes color, and a long tongue. So many amazing creatures."
Someone else also offered an answer to all of our questions about what the creature could possibly be stating: "...This is a Bloodbelly Comb Jelly also called Lampocteis. Really beautiful creatures."
For those of you that might not be aware, a Bloodbelly Comb Jelly is a "Brilliant and seemingly glowing" creature that "comes in different shades of red but always has a blood-red stomach," as per Monterey Bay Aquarium.
"The sparkling display on the outside comes from light diffracting and refracting off tiny transparent, hairlike cilia. These beat continuously, propelling the jelly through the water," the description continued.
Scientists believe the bloody-belly's red belly helps mask bioluminescent light from the prey it consumes, though their exact diet has never really been determined.
Steve Haddock, who works at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Institute, explained that these unique creatures "have this whole field that looks almost like a velcro strip or something, with all of these teeth pointed in the same direction.
"And they can actually ratchet themselves over and bite off chunks of other jellies that they've captured," he added. "I use the analogy of spiders. Because spiders can have a sticky web, they can leap out and ambush things, they can make little lasso webs. And ctenophores have similar range of different feeding modes, depending on the species."
But one thing's for sure, you'd have to go pretty deep into the ocean in order to see one, so this is an amazing clip for other social media users to enjoy.
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