Pacific Sea Nettles
Pacific Sea Nettles (Chrysaora fuscescens) are carnivorous animals. They catch their prey using long toxic-filled tentacles. Because C. fuscescens cannot chase after prey, they must eat as they drift. By spreading their tentacles like a large net. When prey brushes up against the tentacles, thousands of toxins are released, launching barbed stingers which release a paralyzing toxin into the quarry. The oral arms begin digestion as they transport the prey into the sea nettle's mouth.
I could watch these jellyfish for hours as they propel themselves around their large tank at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
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© Melissa Post 2023
Pacific Sea Nettles
Pacific Sea Nettles (Chrysaora fuscescens) are carnivorous animals. They catch their prey using long toxic-filled tentacles. Because C. fuscescens cannot chase after prey, they must eat as they drift. By spreading their tentacles like a large net. When prey brushes up against the tentacles, thousands of toxins are released, launching barbed stingers which release a paralyzing toxin into the quarry. The oral arms begin digestion as they transport the prey into the sea nettle's mouth.
I could watch these jellyfish for hours as they propel themselves around their large tank at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Thanks for stopping by!
© Melissa Post 2023