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    The document provides 10 facts about jellyfish. It states that some jellyfish can glow in the dark as a defense mechanism. Jellyfish are also the oldest multi-organ animal, having existed for over 600 million years, surviving 5 mass extinctions. While they don't have brains, bones, blood or a heart, jellyfish have basic nervous systems and can navigate using light, vibration and chemical receptors. Jellyfish exist worldwide in all oceans in different conditions and depths. Some species are biologically immortal by reverting to earlier life stages. Not all jellyfish have tentacles, and the largest on record was the lion's mane jellyfish with tentacles over 120 feet long.

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    The document provides 10 facts about jellyfish. It states that some jellyfish can glow in the dark as a defense mechanism. Jellyfish are also the oldest multi-organ animal, having existed for over 600 million years, surviving 5 mass extinctions. While they don't have brains, bones, blood or a heart, jellyfish have basic nervous systems and can navigate using light, vibration and chemical receptors. Jellyfish exist worldwide in all oceans in different conditions and depths. Some species are biologically immortal by reverting to earlier life stages. Not all jellyfish have tentacles, and the largest on record was the lion's mane jellyfish with tentacles over 120 feet long.

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    The document provides 10 facts about jellyfish. It states that some jellyfish can glow in the dark as a defense mechanism. Jellyfish are also the oldest multi-organ animal, having existed for over 600 million years, surviving 5 mass extinctions. While they don't have brains, bones, blood or a heart, jellyfish have basic nervous systems and can navigate using light, vibration and chemical receptors. Jellyfish exist worldwide in all oceans in different conditions and depths. Some species are biologically immortal by reverting to earlier life stages. Not all jellyfish have tentacles, and the largest on record was the lion's mane jellyfish with tentacles over 120 feet long.

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    1.

    Some jellyfish can glow in the dark

    Many jellyfish have bioluminescent organs which emit blue or green light.

    The light emission is typically activated by touch, which serves to startle predators. This

    light may also help jellyfish in a number of other ways, like attracting prey or warning

    other organisms that a particular area is occupied.

    2. Jellyfish are the oldest multi-organ animal

    Jellyfish have roamed the seas for at least 600 million years! Yes, before dinosaurs or

    bony fish, before creepy crawlies or trees, before flowers or ferns or fungi – there were

    jellyfish.

    Jellyfish have survived five mass extinctions, including the Great Dying (or the Permian-

    Triassic extinction event) which wiped out up to 70% of life on Earth.

    3. Jellyfish don’t have brains

    Not only that, they also have no blood, no bones, and no heart. However, they do have

    an elementary nervous system with receptors that detect light, vibrations, and chemicals

    in the water. These abilities, along with the sense of gravity, allow jellyfish to orient and

    navigate in the water.

    4. Jellyfish are found all over the world

    Jellyfish are found in every ocean in every corner of the planet, from the coldest

    freezing waters of the Arctic oceans, to the warm, temperate waters of the tropical

    oceans.
    They exist in different water conditions; at different depths from the ocean floor to the

    surface. They’re even found in some freshwater lakes and ponds!

    5. Some jellyfish are immortal

    Ever dreamed about being immortal? The good news is that you can be immortal. The

    bad news is that you have to become a floating blob of jelly to do so.

    That’s right, there’s a death-defying species of jelly conveniently called the immortal

    jellyfish (or Turritopsis dohrnii) found in the Mediterranean Sea and in the waters of

    Japan that’s biologically immortal.

    6. Not all jellyfish have tentacles

    What are jellyfish known for? Some may say their trailing tentacles, but actually not all

    jellyfish species have tentacles. The Deepstaria, for example, is a genus of jellyfish

    known for their thin, sheet-like bodies and their lack of tentacles.

    7. There’s a giant jellyfish called the hair jelly

    The lion’s mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) – also known as the giant jellyfish or the hair

    jelly – is the largest known species of jellyfish.

    The largest recorded specimen was found washed up on the shore of Massachusetts

    Bay in 1870. It had a bell with a diameter of 7 feet 6 inches and tentacles 121.4 feet

    long – longer than a blue whale and is considered one of the longest known animals in

    the world.
    8. 150 million people are stung by jellyfish each year

    That means that in the few minutes or so it’s taken you to read this far, more than 1,000

    people have been stung by jellies.

    9. Jellyfish stings can be deadly

    The Australian box jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri) is considered the most venomous marine

    animal on earth. Its sting can cause paralysis, cardiac arrest, and death within a few

    minutes – barely enough time for a victim to swim to shore!

    10. Jellyfish have many predators

    Despite their venomous defenses, jellyfish are not without predators. Tunas, sharks,

    swordfish, sea turtles, and even some species salmon are jellyfish’s natural enemies

    that are known to prey upon jellies.

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