Australian photographer captures a rare moment with a fish trapped inside a jellyfish

An Australian photographer, Tim Samuel, captured a rare moment underwater the other day, when a small fish swam inside the bell of a jellyfish.  Samuel captured this moment while free diving in Byron Bay, later posting the photo on his Instagram account. The photo, and several posted later, have since gone viral and are receiving global media attention.

It seems that the fish was able to control the jellyfish’s movement and direction to a great extent, steering the jellyfish as it swam. Samuel decided not to intervine, letting nature take its course as the pair swam off into the blue water.

” I stumbled upon it we knew we had found something special, but had no idea just how unique and rare this sighting was. I’m completely blown away by all the attention it is getting from all over the world.” – Tim Samuel

According to Associate Professor Ian Tibbets from the University of Queensland, the fish could have been a juvenille travally and might have initially been using the jellyfish as protection.

“He was trapped in there but controlled where the Jellyfish was moving” – Tim Samuel

Tim Samuel knew that he had stumbled a unique occasion, but didn’t realize just how rare it was until the photo started being reposted all over the internet. He admited that he was “completely blown away by all the attention” he received online and from individuals around the world.