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An Amusing Look at How Jellyfish Develop Their Poisonous Sting Used For Hunting

Range: Atlantic, Arctic, Pacific, & Indian Oceans

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Photo: tato grasso, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

In case anyone was curious what they looked like!

Numazu Deepblue Aquarium

MBARI’s robotic submersibles often spot this little octopus resting on the mud, its orange body resembling a flat, fluffy pancake. When startled by a predator, a flapjack octopus perks up and swims to safety by flapping its stubby fins, pulsing its webbed arms, pushing water through its funnel for jet propulsion—or all three at once. When the coast is clear, it stretches its webbed arms and parachutes back to the seafloor.

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Lion’s Mane Jellyfish (x)