{"id":2504,"date":"2020-04-29T21:18:34","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T21:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bildwpaquabokalocal.local\/?page_id=2504\/"},"modified":"2021-06-09T10:36:18","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T10:36:18","slug":"jellyfish","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aquariumboka.ucg.ac.me\/en\/aquarium-boka\/fascinating-facts\/jellyfish\/","title":{"rendered":"Jellyfish"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Fascinating Facts on the\u00a0Jellyfish<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3835\" src=\"http:\/\/aquariumboka.ucg.ac.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Yellyfish.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1235\" height=\"807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aquariumboka.ucg.ac.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Yellyfish.jpg 1235w, https:\/\/aquariumboka.ucg.ac.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Yellyfish-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aquariumboka.ucg.ac.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Yellyfish-768x502.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aquariumboka.ucg.ac.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Yellyfish-1024x669.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aquariumboka.ucg.ac.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Yellyfish-370x242.jpg 370w, https:\/\/aquariumboka.ucg.ac.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Yellyfish-760x497.jpg 760w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1235px) 100vw, 1235px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>They date from pre-dinosaur times<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jellyfish have been around for millions of years, even before dinosaurs lived on the Earth. Pulsing along on our ocean currents, these jelly-like creatures can be found in waters both cold and warm, deep and shallow and along coastlines, too.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><strong>They can reach 2m length and 2kg weight<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lion&#8217;s mane jellyfish, also known as the giant jellyfish or the hair jelly, is the largest known species of jellyfish. Its range is confined to cold, boreal waters of the Arctic, northern Atlantic, and northern Pacific Oceans. The largest recorded specimen was measured off the coast of Massachusetts in 1865 and had a bell with a diameter of 213 cm (7 feet) and tentacles around 34 m (112 feet) long.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Jellyfish have no brain, heart, bones or eyes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instead, jellyfish have nerve nets which sense changes in the environment and coordinate the animal&#8217;s responses.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Some species can be bioluminescent, which means they produce their own light<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The deep sea is ruled by darkness. Sunlight does not penetrate much beyond 60 meters (about 200 feet) below the ocean\u2019s surface.\u00a0 Some organisms have developed the ability to glow. Bioluminescence is light produced by a chemical process within a living organism. The glow occurs when a substance called luciferin reacts with oxygen. This releases energy, and light is emitted.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>The jellyfish\u2019s mouth is found in the centre of its body. From this small opening, it both eats and discards waste<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And it serves another purpose, too \u2013 by squirting a jet of water from its mouth, the jellyfish can propel forward<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>The jellyfish itself provides a tasty meal for other ocean creatures, particularly sea turtles, who like to guzzle them up regularly.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Turtles eat jellyfish, and larger jellies may eat smaller ones, but are jellyfish fit for human consumption? A group of high school students in Japan came up with a salted caramel recipe that uses powered jellyfish. It&#8217;s not vegan for sure, but it is one way to deal with an invasive jellyfish bloom.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Jellyfish, in contact with skin, may cause irritation\/burns. There are species in the world whose burns can be deadly<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another jellyfish-derived product takes advantage of the jellies&#8217; fluorescent protein, and could be used to power medical devices in the future.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Back to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/aquariumboka.ucg.ac.me\/en\/aquarium-boka\/fascinating-facts\/\">Fascinating facts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fascinating Facts on the\u00a0Jellyfish They date from pre-dinosaur times Jellyfish have been around for millions of years, even before dinosaurs lived on the Earth. Pulsing along on our ocean currents, these jelly-like creatures can be found in waters both cold and warm, deep and shallow and along coastlines, too. They can reach 2m length and 2kg weight The lion&#8217;s mane&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":2481,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"acf":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquariumboka.ucg.ac.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2504"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquariumboka.ucg.ac.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquariumboka.ucg.ac.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aquariumboka.ucg.ac.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aquariumboka.ucg.ac.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aquariumboka.ucg.ac.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2504\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aquariumboka.ucg.ac.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquariumboka.ucg.ac.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}