Box jellyfish (Chironex Fleckeri)
10 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT JELLYFISH
1. They have no brain.
2. They have no heart.
3. They have no blood.
4. They have no lungs or gills.
5. They have tentacles.
6. Many of them sting.
7. They have eyes.
8. They are 96 percent water.
9. Many are translucent.
10. They are not fish, but plankton.
Irukandji (Carukia barnesi), as small as a fingernail, the deadliest jellyfish in the world:
JELLYFISH THRIVE IN POP CULTURE
Remember these jellyfish, in and out of water?
Marlin and Dory, in search of Nemo, ride through a forest of jellyfish in the animated film "Finding Nemo." Author Paul Theroux, who lives in Hawai'i, titled a 2004 collection of tales "Jellyfish Fiction." Rastafarian jellyfish in the animated film "Shark Tale" were voiced by Ziggy Marley and Doug E. Dog; Christina Aguilera as a jellyfish sang "Car Wash" with Missy Elliott in the soundtrack.
SpongeBob SquarePants, kiddie animated fave of the tube and screen, frequently performs with the Jellyfish Band and did a tune called "Jellyfish Song" in the movie soundtrack.
A '90s rock-pop group named Jellyfish dwelled in alt-rock, indie sounds. |
And the Portuguese Man o'War (Physalia physalis)
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