Moon Jelly (Aurelia aurita)
Recently heard an interview where the reporter didn't know what a Moon Jelly was - reminded me of an archived shot taken a while back ...
They're almost "not there" as their translucent forms flutter through the water with fluid grace.
It's so rare that jellyfish are stationary! This Moon Jelly was plastered against the glass of the tank - must have been because it was early morning. I thought it looked so much like a flower. Shortly after I took this shot, it began to pulsate and move through the water.
Its diet mainly consists of small crustaceans and other small marine life forms. It feeds on zooplankton and mollusks. In captivity it also feeds on brine shrimp (Artemia NYOS - commercially known as “sea monkeys”)
Moon Jellyfish have no brain, heart, blood, head, eyes or ears. They are 95% water and are basically a floating mouth and digestive system. They have a complex set of nerves that respond to stimuli, but they cannot think. They don't possess lungs, gills or trachea.
Moon Jelly (Aurelia aurita)
Recently heard an interview where the reporter didn't know what a Moon Jelly was - reminded me of an archived shot taken a while back ...
They're almost "not there" as their translucent forms flutter through the water with fluid grace.
It's so rare that jellyfish are stationary! This Moon Jelly was plastered against the glass of the tank - must have been because it was early morning. I thought it looked so much like a flower. Shortly after I took this shot, it began to pulsate and move through the water.
Its diet mainly consists of small crustaceans and other small marine life forms. It feeds on zooplankton and mollusks. In captivity it also feeds on brine shrimp (Artemia NYOS - commercially known as “sea monkeys”)
Moon Jellyfish have no brain, heart, blood, head, eyes or ears. They are 95% water and are basically a floating mouth and digestive system. They have a complex set of nerves that respond to stimuli, but they cannot think. They don't possess lungs, gills or trachea.