The turritopsis nutricula species of jellyfish may be the only animal in the world to have truly discovered the fountain of youth.
Since it is capable of cycling from a mature adult stage to an immature polyp stage and back again, there may be no natural limit to its life span. Scientists say the hydrozoan jellyfish is the only known animal that can repeatedly turn back the hands of time and revert to its polyp state (its first stage of life).
Link – Via: Clusterflock. Via: Neatorama
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Jellyfish Everlasting
Friday, October 16, 2009
Dolphins Play Football With Jellyfish
A marine survey team off the north Wales coast discovered dolphins, playing 'football' with jellyfish lying on the water's surface.
The bottlenose dolphins were spotted tossing the jellyfish off Tremadog Bay. Jonathan Easter, one of the team said the "incredible images ... present more questions than answers!" LINK, Via: Youtube
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Timothy Horn’s “Medusa” Jellyfish Lamp
Inspired by the illustrations of the 19th century German Zoologist Ernst Haeckel [wiki], Australian artist Timothy Horn created this 9 ft wide "jellyfish" lamp, titled Medusa, out of cast silicone and fiber optics.
Link: Timothy’s Website | Medusa installation at the Hosfelt Gallery in New York. Via: Neatorama
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Jellyfish Show
This is the NEW Jellyfish Kaleidoscope in Ocean Park Hong Kong. Let's see how wonderful the color change were! LINK: Youtube