For one species of comb jelly, survival from injury can come down to numbers. Two Mnemiopsis leidyi– aka the sea walnut–can fuse together and turn into one after an injury. These bioluminescent ...
A little more than a year ago, while biologist Kei Jokura was in Woods Hole, Mass., he routinely walked down to the water, scanning for comb jellies. "They look like a jellyfish," he says, "but ...
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Primitive animals called comb jellies can fuse their bodies and nervous systems together. Comb jellies split from the ancestors of all other living animals about 700 million years ago and have ...
Kayaker paddling through glowing bioluminescent waters on Florida’s Space Coast! Visitors can experience Florida’s rare ‘double glow’ of dinoflagellates and comb jellies this fall while saving $10 per ...
In a Frankenstein-y feat, a small, gelatinous sea creature can merge its body with a neighbor’s. The animals — called sea walnuts, a type of comb jelly — can then sync up their bodily functions, ...
Early in June the St. Johns Riverkeeper reported someone seeing “jellyfish” in the St. Johns River near Switzerland Point and sent a picture to support the observation. The “jellyfish” was actually a ...
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