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10 Astonishing Facts About Jellyfish

3 min readMay 20, 2020

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Jellyfish are invertebrates along with corals, gorgonians and anemones, belong to a community called the Cnidarians. This species group has stinging cells that they are using for both to capture their predators and as a means of protection. This species may be invincible. It can play its life cycle in reverse, turning the adult medusa back into an immature polyp.

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They have transparent bells fringed with light tentacles, and when they move along, this one almost appears as though the water itself is alive. Nevertheless, certain jelly-like animals, such as comb jelly, belong to the phylum Ctenophora. This taxonomic complexity has prompted marine scientists to wonder whether there is something like a jellyfish.

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Let’s put aside these issues for now and plunge deep into the incredible realm of animals widely recognized as jellyfish.

1. They exist at a date earlier than dinosaurs hundreds of…

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