7 thoughts on “Ancient Jellies Had Spiny Skeletons, No Tentacles”
But not all ctenophores possess tentacles, so perhaps the ancient jellies hunted like those tentacle-free animals, known as lobate ctenophores, do.
"They feed by surrounding prey with their large fleshy lobes, trapping them in an ever-contracting dome of flesh," said Rebecca Helm, a biologist at Brown University,
goddamn- a few years back I got to see a live ctenophore in the wild, in a canal in Florida. I didn't think to take a pic, figuring there were better ones out there already, but upon returning home, could not find a decent pic on the web. That thing was mesmerizing and beautiful. I will take the memory of it to my grave.
Beroe comb jellies, probably, and the ones I grew up with. Hours of entertainment to watch and great fun to poke at in the dark (they flash with green bioluminescence) but a huge pain when thousands pack themselves into your zooplankton sampling net at 3 in the morning.
But not all ctenophores possess tentacles, so perhaps the ancient jellies hunted like those tentacle-free animals, known as lobate ctenophores, do.
"They feed by surrounding prey with their large fleshy lobes, trapping them in an ever-contracting dome of flesh," said Rebecca Helm, a biologist at Brown University,
Oh boy – more Weird dreams tonight!
goddamn- a few years back I got to see a live ctenophore in the wild, in a canal in Florida. I didn't think to take a pic, figuring there were better ones out there already, but upon returning home, could not find a decent pic on the web. That thing was mesmerizing and beautiful. I will take the memory of it to my grave.
Beroe comb jellies, probably, and the ones I grew up with. Hours of entertainment to watch and great fun to poke at in the dark (they flash with green bioluminescence) but a huge pain when thousands pack themselves into your zooplankton sampling net at 3 in the morning.
I had some ancient jellies too, until the missus cleaned out the fridge.
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So this is why the Catholic Church is OK with Evolutionary theory.
Dammit!
I only clicked on this because I thought the pic displayed more random objects stuffed up people's rectums at airports!