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Jelly Fish IIby ~laura-worldwide

Photography / Animals, Plants & Nature / Aquatic Life

Moon jelly

The moon jelly has one of the weakest stings of any jellyfish. These jellies trap much of their food on the sticky mucus covering their bell, then transport it to their tentacles.

Jellyfish lack basic sensory organs and a brain, but their nervous systems and rhopalia allow them to perceive stimuli, such as light and odor, and respond quickly. They feed on small fish and zooplankton that become caught in their tentacles. Most jellyfish are passive drifters and slow swimmers, as their shape is not hydrodynamic. Instead, they move so as to create a current forcing the prey within reach of their tentacles. They do this by rhythmically opening and closing their bell-like body. Their digestive system is incomplete: the same orifice is used to take in food and expel waste.

The body of an adult is made up of 94–98% water, and the bell shape consists of a layer of epidermis, gastrodermis, and a thick layer called mesoglea that produces most of the jelly and separates the epidermis from the gastrodermis.

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~TTM77 Feb 19, 2009 Hobbyist Photographer

such an alien create.

~laura-worldwide Feb 20, 2009 Student Photographer

They really are!

Laura

~TTM77 Feb 20, 2009 Hobbyist Photographer

Do U know that these guy can turn back into a baby to conserve when there isn't enough food? And they grow up just like normal.

~laura-worldwide Feb 20, 2009 Student Photographer

NO WAY! Really?

Laura
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~TTM77 Feb 20, 2009 Hobbyist Photographer

Yep.. do a google on Jellyfish reincarnation if you want.. or something like that. There is a few articles online about it. It's really cool, what's even more strange is we have that gene inside us too.

~laura-worldwide Feb 20, 2009 Student Photographer

That is really cool, but odd!

Laura
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~TTM77 Feb 20, 2009 Hobbyist Photographer

It might be our solution to living forever.

~laura-worldwide Feb 20, 2009 Student Photographer

Yeah, I don't think that is possible!

Laura

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~Sona26 Dec 31, 2008 Hobbyist Photographer

sweeet, tht is an awesome shot of the jellyfish!!! nicely done mate!!

~laura-worldwide Jan 4, 2009 Student Photographer

Thanks mate. No worries.

Have a happy 2009!
Laura

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