Jelly, Jelly, Jelly

What can we say about jellyfish? These squishy, jellylike creatures pulse along on ocean currents and are abundant in both cold and warm ocean water, in deep water, and along coastlines. They have no blood, brains, or a heart yet they are still an invertebrate.

Jellyfish are one of the most beautiful creatures in the sea

Nothing is more mesmerizing than watching a jellyfish travel through the ocean, they move like
no other creature. A jellyfish is an aquatic animal, they can be found in just about every sea in
the world, even the arctic ocean, and some jellies that live in freshwater environments. They
are invertebrates that have no skeleton. Jellyfish squirt water from their mouths to propel
themselves forward. Jellyfish have nerve nets instead of brains, which sense changes in their
environment. Jellyfish can be identified by the tentacles that hang down from their bodies,
some have short and others have very long tentacles. What do they munch on? They eat small
fish, fish eggs, shrimp, and plankton.

Cool jelly facts:

  • A large number of jellyfish is called a bloom, some blooms contain over 500 million
    jellyfish!
  • Some jellyfish can be as large as a refrigerator
  • Jellyfish can clone themselves, yup that’s right, if a jellyfish is cut in half it can actually
    regenerate its body.
  • Some jellies glow in the dark to attract prey

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Did You Know

The cute and tiny blue ringed octopus is one of the deadliest animals in the sea. They contain enough poison to kill 26 adults, but don’t worry, they are not harmful unless they are threatened. 

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