"Moonflower"
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.
Moon Jelly (Aurelia aurita)
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.
Nice on black
"Moonflower"
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.
Moon Jelly (Aurelia aurita)
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.
Nice on black