It was finished. At the local Kansas City Zoo there was a new exciting exhibit. Being told it was going to be for the majestic penguins. Not many foresaw the radiating shine of the Moon jellies swimming in their glimmering tank. Their unique resplendent glowing bodies propelled smoothly through the water. At sudden first glance these aquatic invertebrates seem like something from outer space. Though in reality they are a very common species of jellies that live in the temperate and tropical shallow waters of the ocean or at home in an acrylic tank. Like all animals Moon Jellies have their own special features such as their body type, what they eat, their many aquatic hunters and their baby making/life cycle.
Body type:
Firstly the body features of the Moon jelly is the reason they are called “Moon” Jellies. The jellies have four “moon’s” or circular shapes in the middle of their body, these are their reproductive organs. The color of the moon’s depicts the gender of the jelly. If the moons are a lovely pink that means the moon jelly is a female, if the moon’s are white then that means the jelly is a male. Like most jelly the Moon jellies have tentacles. The jellies have many miniature tentacles around their bells which are basically like their body with four short tentacles near their mouth to catch their food. The…
Which looks like a fishnado. Nonetheless, the penguins nor the fish can never seem to glitter or glow nor have a rhythmic pulse of a swim like the Moon jelly. The Moon Jelly has a body like it’s name, is a main dish on many predators menu’s and has a Broadcast spawning type of fertilization. As the Moon Jelly population is rising and plankton decreasing will the balance of the ocean be thrown into chaos? Or will humans finally get some sense knocked into us and be able to fix…
