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Spooky 'Glowing' Orange 'Alien Egg Pods' Discovered in River and Are 'Spreading Rapidly', Experts Baffled

The egg-like structure was uncovered by volunteers and clung to the floating island inside a canal.

PUBLISHED NOV 12, 2024

Bryozoan (cristatella mucedo) found living in colonies in the "Mid-Deûle" in the north of France (Cover Image Source: Wikimedia Commons/Photo by Lamiot)

There is no dearth of surprises in the world. Researchers were welcomed to another one at a canal in Utrecht, Holland, the New York Post reported. At first glance, many thought it to be a glowing dinosaur egg, but later on, it was revealed to be a colony of bryozoans.

Bryozoans have no connection with the beasts that walked millions of years ago on Earth, but experts have cited their shape to be very similar to that of the dinosaur eggs, UNILAD reported. Hence, the confusion was not unwarranted.

Cracked egg glowing orange light from within (Image Source: Getty Images/Photo by Cathy Scola)

The egg-like structure was uncovered by volunteers, and clung to the floating island inside a canal, the New York Post reported. The structure was 'glowing' but was not good to look at, according to local ecologist, Anne Nijs. Experts believe there is no cause for concern when it comes to the colony, despite its unsettling visual.

As far as their living pattern is concerned, Nijs claims that this kind is always drawn to each other, the New York Post reported. "The big bag is formed by several animals together. At a certain point, they form a colony and different colonies can then stick together. A bag can become 2 meters in diameter. That bag then attaches itself to something," the ecologist explained.

Bryozoa colonies (Membranipora isabelleana) on a Macrocystis integrifolia holdfast. The alga was floating near the center-northern Chilean coast. (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons/Photo by André-Philippe Drapeau Picard) — Bryozoa colonies (Membranipora isabelleana) on a Macrocystis integrifolia holdfast. (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons/Photo by André-Philippe Drapeau Picard)

A colony of bryozoans is a group of hermaphrodites that tend to come together and form an egg-like pod, the New York Post reported. Their existence was first recorded in 1883 in Germany. The state in which they were found was typical of what experts have come to expect of these creatures, but they were confused about their location. Nijs claimed that bryozoans usually do not form a cluster in the Netherlands. "It is the first time that they have been discovered here. So it is a very special story," she added.