What the Heck?

Whenever we cover a major event we seem to have interesting leftover factoids and photos that don’t make it into our articles. The curious photo above is a case in point. Yeah, it’s literally a see-through umbrella with a bunch of stuff inside — and also, if you look closely, a human.

That person ‘wore’ this as his costume at last month’s Baja Ha-Ha Kickoff Party. We’ll leave it to you to figure out what he’s supposed to be. But here’s a couple of hints: This ‘thing’ is found in every ocean of the world, and — for those of you who still remember anything about biology — is from the phylum Cnidaria.