So are Jellyfish fleetingly graceful and beautiful or just gross and slimy? Can they be both? Wonderful to watch and really nasty to swim into? It was Jelly feeding time at the aquarium and they were dumping in huge masses of baby brine shrimp (remember sea monkeys?) to keep these guys fed.
Jellyfish are in the phylum Cnidaria that also includes sea anemones, sea whips, corals and hydroids. They are considered free swimming medusae versus their attached cousins, the corals and anemones. They are basically a large floating stomach with arms that transport food to their mouths. They are symmetrical to enable the capture of food from any direction. While these were about the size of a volleyball, some Jellyfish reach lengths of over a hundred feet. Think about that next time you're swimming!
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