Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Do Jellyfish Have Bones?

Did you know that all Jellyfish, no matter how large or small , have no solid skeleton to support their body.Instead their shape is maintained by soft water filled inner tissues, over which its outer layers are stretched.Take a jellyfish out of water and its beutiful shape and size are visible as nothing more than a primitive lump of jelly.

Despite this lack of bone structure don't be confused into thinking these creatures are helpless.These beutiful animals have actually been in excistence for over 650 million years and have always been extreamly effective as predators.

The box jellyfish for example is the deadlist sea animal in the world killing more humans than even sharks, and what about the Lions Mane jellyfish which has a diameter of over 8 metres and tentacles as long as 60 metres!


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