Jellyfish in tank (IMAGE)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Jellyfish in tank

Caption

Cassiopea jellyfish can swim, but prefer to remain stationary on the sea (or tank) floor, with their bells on the ground, and their tentacles floating above them.

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Caltech

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