Jellyfish

Jellyfish are a kind of translucent 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, with corals, hydras, and sea anemones, 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 Vietnamese delicacy.

Jellyfish have sharp stingers in their tentacles that have stingers to catch food, or for defensive purposes. For this reason they are sometimes called sea wasps or sea bees.

Jellyfish are found on every continent in the world, except Greenland and Antarctica. Jellyfish have been known to kill humans. Species of jellyfish include the Sea Nettle Jellyfish, Flower Hat Jelly, and the Blow Jelly.

In 1965, the film The Sting of Death (a reference to 1 Corinthians 15:56) was released, documenting in dramatic fashion the life and death of jellyfish in the ocean.

References

• Welshman cheats "death by jellyfish", Dec 16 2006