Jellyfish are a unique species that live in the deep sea. A jellyfish lifespan in about 1-3 in captivity and 3-6 months in the wild, they have been around before dinosaurs roamed our earth. Jellyfish possess no brain, heart, or eyes, it does have a mouth though! The diet of a jellyfish is fish, shrimp, small plants and even other jellyfish.
Jellyfish propel forward by shooting water out their mouth, which are centered in the middle of their body. They are 95% water and some can create their own light! Cnidaria is the scientific name for jellyfish. Did you know that jellyfish have been to space? Nasa sent jellyfish to space in the early 1990s to test their adaption to zero gravity.
Im sure you know about box jellyfish, their sting has the composite to all an adult in just a few minutes, their venom is enough to kill 60 humans. Jellyfish aren’t actual fish, they are consider more of a plankton, their related to anemone and coral. Turritopsis nutricula , a type of jellyfish that are considered immortal. They are able to do cellular transdifferentiation, this means that they can make regenerate their cells which become new again.
Turritopsis dohrnii
Box jellyfish
