A mysterious purple goop has invaded some of Norway’s northern fjords in the region of Troms, irritating fisherman and generally just grossing people out. No one can say for certain what the slime is, but oceanographers are pretty sure it’s from a bloom of cigar comb jellies that have died and are beginning to disintegrate.
A video (in Norwegian) shows fishermen scraping the gunk off ropes. They’re calling the goop a “plague,” and apparently haven’t experienced this phenomenon before.

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