Monday, May 30, 2016

A Jellyfish's Lifestyle
  • Most live for less than a year
  • Jellyfish eat phytoplankton, zooplankton, and larvae of other marine animals
  • Their size ranges from 2mm to 3m in diameter

Interesting Things About Jellyfish

  • Moon jellies have been into space
  • A group of high school students in Japan came of with a recipe for salted caramel using jellyfish powder, which is made by boiling the jellyfish and grinding it up.  
  • Jellyfish's flouresent protein could power medical devices in the future. 
  • One jellyfish, Turritopsis dohrni (also known as immortal jellyfish), can turn itself back into a polyp, the youngest stage of a jellyfish's life, when in danger
  • Jellyfish can eat peanut butter