Slimy, Orange ‘Alien Egg Pods’ Discovered in River — And They’re ‘Spreading Rapidly’

Just in time for spooky season, a bizarre, slimy orange bag said to resemble a glowing dinosaur egg has been pulled from a river.

And while scientists say they know what it is — a colony of Bryozoans, slimy little hermaphrodites that cluster together to create a dinosaur-egg like pod — they’re puzzled as to why the creepy crew was literally hanging out in a canal in Utrecht, Holland.

Volunteers found the grotesque blob clinging to to a floating island in the canal. Experts say that colonies can grow to up to nearly seven feet in diameter.

“It is the first time that they have been discovered here. So it is a very special story,” Nijs said.

The expert added that the aesthetically unsettling phenomena is in no way harmful. (Read more from “Slimy, Orange ‘Alien Egg Pods’ Discovered in River — And They’re ‘Spreading Rapidly’” HERE)