These largegroups are called “swarms” or “blooms”. Recently a “swarm” ofjellyfish covered one end of the Gulf of Mexico.Why are there more jellyfish now than in the past? There are twopossible reasons. First, adult fish and jellyfish eat much of the samefood. In some places, ...
Dolphins are carnivores that hunt a variety of aquatic animals. Most of their diet is comprised offish, but they will also predatesquid,jellyfish, andcrustaceans. Dolphins may even feed on smallbirdsor aquaticmammalson rare occasions. Dolphins often hunt as a team. It makes the hunt easier and...
My husband was struck by a man o'war or jellyfish one year off Halcyon and it wasn't a pretty sight with the welts and pain it created. We do sail though and Halcyon is a better place to do that on the hobie cats. Last year we had the pr...
The Rhombozoa (also known as dicyemids), another parasite mesozoan phylum, range in size from 0.1 - 9.0 mm and inhabit squid kidneys. Like another microscopic animal, rotifers, dicyemidsare eutelic, meaning adult individuals all have a constant number of cells. Instead of adding new cells to...
National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry has been diving in the Gulf of Maine for more than 40 years. After learning these waters were a harbinger of climate change, he set out to document the rapid shift and its ripple effects.
Although humans are clearly mortal, there are rare examples in the animal kingdom of creatures that may be immortal, at least in some important respects. The so-called,a, is a species of jellyfish found in the Mediterranean and in the waters off Japan. Having once reached sexual maturity ...
Jellyfish are usually thought of as drifting organism there are in fact some forms of medusae and ctenophores thatare benthic, with the adult sexual stage spending their entire life on the seafloor. ... As tiny polyps they are stuck to rocks, shells or algae on the floor of the sea, th...
What is the lifespan of a jellyfish? Most jellyfish are short lived. Medusa or adult jellyfish typically live fora few months, depending on the species, although some species can live for 2-3 years in captivity. Polyps can live and reproduce asexually for several years, or even decades....
If a group of hens is referred to as a brood and a group of chickens is called a flock, what do we call a group of roosters? Sadly, roosters do not have a special name for their group, so they are also referred to as a flock. ...
What are the trabeculae? What type of osseous tissue contains the trabeculae? Which type of skeleton contains the carbohydrate called chitin? A. Endoskeleton of lizards B. Hydrostatic skeleton of earthworms C. Appendicular skeleton of humans D. Fluid skeleton of jellyfish E. Exoskeleton of insects...