It's a Box Jellyfish!
This particular Box Jellyfish (Tripedalia cystophora) is found in the Caribbean sea, not dangerous to humans. However, it's relative, (Chropsella bronzie) from Australia is extremely poisonous.Box jellyfish are much more active swimmers than other jellyfish – they exhibit strong directional swimming, are able to perform rapid 180 degree turns, and can deftly move in between objects. So how do they manage to manoeuvre the obstacle course that is in the sea bed? Given that they possess an impressive 24 eyes one would think they would be well equipped for this challenge!
3 comments:
cool image....the jellyfish looks like an alien - cool.
There are so many different style jellyfish, all interesting and unique.
That is a very interesting picture that the Tag brought you to. This is a fun tag game. Did you tag three other people?.
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