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Move Over Monday It’s amazing how far you can get without bones, heart or even brain. Jellies live in all the world’s oceans, propelling themselves with the currents. If you’re a jelly in your “swarm” or a “smack” (group), you can look back in time and find ancestors that “predate dinosaurs by some 400 million years.”  If you’re a human online, you can see them live on the live cam now @ the Vancouver Aquarium. 

Move Over Monday

It’s amazing how far you can get without bones, heart or even brain. Jellies live in all the world’s oceans, propelling themselves with the currents. If you’re a jelly in your “swarm” or a “smack” (group), you can look back in time and find ancestors that “predate dinosaurs by some 400 million years.” 

If you’re a human online, you can see them live on the live cam now @ the Vancouver Aquarium. 

Posted 3 months ago via tamethesea

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Jelly Zen - Immortality

The real-life Benjamin Buttons of this world are the jellyfish species, turritopsis nutricula, who are thought to be immortal. “The jelly reportedly can play its lifecycle in reverse, transforming from an adult medusa back to an immature polyp” (Smithsonian). When in crisis, it regenerates it cells, essentially becoming sperm and egg, and starting over again. 

“Their regeneration only occurs after sexual maturation, therefore they can succumb to predators or disease in the polyp stage. But because the jellyfish are the only known animal with this “immortality,” scientists are studying them closely, with the hopes of applying what they learn to issues such as human aging and illness.” (MNN).

See a “smack” of mortal jellyfish in their hypnotic dance live at the Vancouver Aquarium cam. 

Posted 3 months ago

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So long as we’re dancing, try these moves under the waves. 

So long as we’re dancing, try these moves under the waves. 

Posted 10 months ago

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