Jellyfish found to release venom ‘bombs’
Mar 19, 2020
2 minutes
Words by Nicoletta Lanese
Upside-down jellyfish pulse on the ocean floor, their frilly arms stretched skyward as they release venom-filled blobs of mucus into the surrounding water where the slime ‘stings’ passing swimmers, new research reveals.
These jellyfish (Cassiopea xamachana) look like strange, squidgy plants stuck to the ocean floor, and they tend to assemble in groups that resemble
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