Don’t be jelly of this moon jelly’s gorgeous pink hues!
These lovely jellyfish are common in Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary from August to October. Their sting tends to be mild, but still best to look and not touch!
(Photo: Katy Danca Galli)
[Image description: A pink jellyfish floating in the ocean over a coral reef.]
friends, you don’t understand. This ad campaign was goddamn HUGE. They bought out the entirety of multiple train stations in Boston with these. There are so many more, and they’re all this same beautiful combination of questionable/amazing.
Flowerhat jellies don’t pulse about their exhibit like their aimless sea nettle neighbors. Rather they perch on their habitat and are hand fed at meal time.
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#visitorpicture by @broken.midas #jelly #ujelly #jellyfish #newenglandaquarium (at New England Aquarium)
MONTEREY — In a surprising reveal, the Monterey Bay Aquarium announced its first foray into wearable tech today, with a full line of too-good-to-be-true glasses dubbed JellyVue™.
Seamlessly integrated with their popular Jelly Cam livestream, JellyVue™ glasses promise to help alleviate stressful real-world situations with the soothing pulses of the Aquarium’s sea nettles.
“With everything going on in the world, the Jelly Cam has gone from a popular moving screensaver to a bona-fide self-care destination,” explains Patrik Anderson, head developer on the project.
“JellyVue™ brings cnid-vision glasses to the masses, untethered from their phones or computers, for the instant mindfulness only brainless animals can provide.”
Accompanying the announcement on the Aquarium’s social media channels are a series of ads pulled directly from the Marketing to Millennials playbook.
A young woman stares off into space filled with jelly for the slogan “You’re not ready.” Another stands outside the Aquarium to “Sea for yourself.” A trendy workgroup hangs out on a balcony with their JellyVue™ glasses under the tagline “Mindless fun.”
While JellyVue™ glasses are sure to be popular, Patrik had some important caveats for prospective buyers.
“First of all, JellyVue™ is not AR, or VR. It’s a proprietary tech we call CnidoSight™, which is basically a 100% opaque projection of the Jelly Cam directly into your field of vision. Operating heavy machinery with JellyVue™ is definitely not recommended.”
“Also, this is an April Fool’s joke. Yes, yes, I know, we’re sorry! We’re just as disappointed as you are! I mean, how cool would these be? When we came up with this idea everyone in the office was like: ‘Man, that would be so awesome to actually buy them though!’ And if someone out there wanted to give us a TON of money we could see what we could do, you know? But yeah, no, this is an April Fool’s joke, sorry about that, and we hope that if/when the sadness/anger subsides, you had a good laugh, and that you share this with your friends in the friendly spirit of tomfoolery that is April 1st.”
There are two species that hold the whimsical title of “Fried Egg Jellyfish”: Phacellophora camtschatica and Cotylorhiza tuberculata though the two are quite different from each other in all aspects beside appearance.
Phacellophora camtschatica is a huge jelly that prefers colder waters. It’s bell can reach up to 2 ft across and its dozens of tentacles reach over 20 ft long! If you don’t think this floating egg creature looks very menacing, you’d be right. It has a very weak sting and many small crustaceans take advantage of the jelly by riding on its bell (breakfast to go…?) while snatching up extra food.
Cotylorhiza tuberculata is a much smaller jellyfish that hangs out in warmer waters. It only reaches about 35 cm in diameter, so don’t go for this Fried Egg Jelly if you want a big breakfast. Unlike most jellyfish, C. tuberculata can swim on its own, without relying on the currents for movement. It’s sting (if you can even call it that) is so feeble that it has very little to no effect on humans at all. I mean, it does look like a breakfast food, after all… how powerful could it be?
okay look weird ocean shit is my Entire Jam but i am drawing the line
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