Jelly Belleys
Went to the New England Aquarium this afternoon. My last visit was 6 yrs back when my parents were taking me on the college tour. Thanx Yao & Taka for an afternoon of aquatic fun =D
Moon Jellies
Upside-down Jellies with simbiotic algae in their tentacles so they don't have to move to eat. (hmm wonder if I can stick leaves on meself so will be fed on photosynthetic sugar)
Japanese Sea Nettle
These tiny fluffy-tentacled dudes swim funny - see vids 1&2. As Yao says, "They have to work so hard!"
[apologies for lo-fi videos - am blaming it on my ghetto 1st gen Sony digicam]
Moon Jellies in action
These dudes had lines of cool pulsing rainbow lights
Penguins are always funny to watch
My first encounters with jellies was when my mum picked up a shored one down on its luck at the beach. Mum held it in her palm upside down and poked it around. The second time round was less fun. Aged 8 in a turquoise swimsuit with white polka dots and fluffy wings, I swam into what I thought was a plastic bag and OHMYGOD did it hurt. I swam as fast as I could back to the boat my family was on. My mum claims she's never seen me swim so fast (since then, before every swimming competition she'd tell me: swim like that time when you got stung!)
The upside of getting a thigh-wide jellyfish sting: I didn't get a beating when I got 60/100 on a Maths test.
Sunday, July 11, 2004
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