Jellyfish have tiny stinging cells in their tentacles tostun or paralyze their preybefore they eat them. Inside their bell-shaped body is an opening that is its mouth. They eat and discard waste from this opening. ... Tentacles hang down from the smooth baglike body and sting their prey....
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Adults and kids alike find themselves in awe when looking at a jellyfish swimming around in a tank. They are both absolutely scary because their stings can hurt, and also fascinating because of their appearance. There’s a lot of mystery shrouded in the jellyfish. Particularly when it comes ...
“These fish actually swallow the prey whole,” Widder says, “and they’ll eat things bigger than themselves. They’re kind of like boa constrictors, so their stomachs will expand to take on pretty large prey if they happen on it, because food is sufficiently rare that they’re not ...
Before I get into how to treat a jellyfish sting, it’s first important to understand how jellyfish stings work. Jellyfish sting you through nematocysts which are released from their tentacles. Nematocysts are tiny spine covered tubules. The spines anchor themselves in your skin and when the...
Some, for example, change their bodies into balls so they look like rocks. One type of octopus can change its form to look like other terrible sea living things- specially hazardous ones, such as sea snakes and Box Jellyfish (箱形水母). Why are octopuses so good at ...
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There are three main ways that sharks use their bodies to float. This floating shark activity below covers one of them, the oily liver! Sharks rely on a pretty big oil-filled liver to help them stay buoyant in water. Learn more about how that works below… ...
Many clever species are undeterred by porcupine quills, venomous snake fangs, sticky-armed octopuses, and more.