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Thank you my friend MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. for making us aware that divers off the coast of New Zealand came face to face with a giant sea worm that was almost 30-foot long.

Sun, November 28, 2021, 9:01 AM·2 min read
Written by Joshua Hawkins
Image: almost 30-foot long colony of pyrosome.

Have You Ever Seen a Pyrosome: The Giant Glowing Sea Worm?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qis_rfb7fnU

Joshua Hawkins
Sun, November 28, 2021, 9:01 AM·2 min read

Divers off the coast of New Zealand came face to face with a giant sea worm that was almost 30-foot long.
The creature is called a pyrosome, and while it might look intimidating, it’s actually perfectly safe to approach. Pyrosomes are part of a family of sea creatures known as tunicates or “sea squirts”. They’ve also been called cockroaches of the sea, National Geographic notes, due to their ability to pull food from even the most inhospitable environments.
Videographer Steve Hathaway, and his friend Andrew Buttle, discovered the pyrosome while filming a tourism promo in October of 2018. Hathaway says that Buttle was the first to notice the massive sea creature. He put on his scuba gear and dove in right after.

The pyrosome they found was roughly 26-foot long. These translucent worm-like creatures can often glow and look similar to a plastic bag floating through the water. The two divers spent almost an hour swimming around the creature, taking photos and capturing video of it. Hathaway says that he’d been hoping to catch a glimpse of one for years.

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Hmmm, what kind of fish could I catch with a worm that big ?

That's a big worm!