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[[Image:Jellyfish.jpg|right|thumb|Jellyfish - among the deadliest of animals, yet also among the most delicate]]
 
[[Image:Jellyfish.jpg|right|thumb|Jellyfish - among the deadliest of animals, yet also among the most delicate]]
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'''Jellyfish''' are a kind inverterbrate [[animal]] that live in the [[ocean]]. Despite haveing '[[fish]]' in their name, Jellyfish are not actually fish, they are members of the [[phylum]] [[Cnidaria]], along with [[corals]], [[hydras]], and [[sea anemone]]s, and the class [[Scyphozoa]].  To avoid confusion, they have also been called 'Sea Jellies'. or just 'Jellies'. Jellyfish are often consumed in Asian countries, especially dried and reconstituted.  Jellyfish salad is considered a [[Vietnam|Vietnamese]] delicacy.  
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'''Jellyfish''' are a kind inverterbrate [[animal]] that live in the [[ocean]]. Despite having '[[fish]]' in their name, Jellyfish are not actually fish, they are members of the [[phylum]] [[Cnidaria]], along with [[corals]], [[hydras]], and [[sea anemone]]s, and the class [[Scyphozoa]].  To avoid confusion, they have also been called 'Sea Jellies'. or just 'Jellies'. Jellyfish are often consumed in Asian countries, especially dried and reconstituted.  Jellyfish salad is considered a [[Vietnam]]ese delicacy.  
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Jellyfish can survive in [[oxygen]]-poor water because they have a [[symbiosis | symbiotic]] relationship with [[algae]], which produce oxygen inside the jellyfish. <ref>http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artnov04macro/kfjellyfish.html</ref>
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Jellyfish can survive in [[oxygen]]-poor water because they have a [[symbiosis|symbiotic]] relationship with [[algae]], which produce oxygen inside the jellyfish.<ref>http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artnov04macro/kfjellyfish.html</ref>
    
Jellyfish have sharp stingers in their [[tentacle]]s that have stingers to catch food, or for defensive purposes. For this reason they are sometimes called sea wasps or sea bees.  
 
Jellyfish have sharp stingers in their [[tentacle]]s that have stingers to catch food, or for defensive purposes. For this reason they are sometimes called sea wasps or sea bees.  
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==References==
 
==References==
 
*[http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/tm_headline=welshman-cheats--death-by-jellyfish-&method=full&objectid=18271639&siteid=50082-name_page.html Welshman cheats "death by jellyfish"], Dec 16 2006
 
*[http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/tm_headline=welshman-cheats--death-by-jellyfish-&method=full&objectid=18271639&siteid=50082-name_page.html Welshman cheats "death by jellyfish"], Dec 16 2006
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== See also ==
 
== See also ==
    
*[[Amphibian]]
 
*[[Amphibian]]
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