jellyfish

"How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean." -Arthur Clark

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Upside-down Jelly

The upside-down jelly (cassiopea xamachana), commonly found in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, are some of the most unusual species jellyfish. They tend to not float freely but sit on the bottom of shallow water waiting for their prey. Because of this they attack in a unique way, where the jelly releases globules of mucus that contain stinging cells that paralyze near by prey. This is become known as "stinging water." Prey then falls into the jelly where it has not only one mouth but multiple attached to their tentacles.

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Jellyfish- Osaka Aquarium

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Filmed at the NYC Aquarium

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Jellyfish (Fukuoka, 2024)

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Compass Jellies

New York Aquarium

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Taken at the New York Aquarium

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When life gets  you down, just know that we sea you like this breathtaking bumpy jelly–floating gracefully with the currents of the ocean of life. 

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Lobonema smithii (x)

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the giant phantom jelly (stygiomedusa gigantea) | schmidtocean on ig

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(by Paola Galimberti)

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Lion’s Mane Jellyfish (x)

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Nightly Elevator

It shows a jellyfish ascending to the surface, where it will feed in darkness, safe from daytime predators. Before dawn it will sink back down to safety. This one, however, has a hitchhiker: the little yellow fish has hopped aboard for a free ride up. Piggybacking like this also offers the fish a measure of protection, since passing predators tend to avoid the jellyfish’s stingers.

Photograph: Tom Shlesinger/Royal Society Publishing

Royal Society Publishing photography prize

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Taken at the New Orleans Aquarium