Sentences with word «jellyfish»

A jellyfish is a type of sea creature that has a soft, gelatinous body and long flowing tentacles. Full definition
Due to a decline in the population of jellyfish in the lake all the liveaboards have suspended taking guests there until further notice.
Acoustic shocks, electrocution, and robot shredders — extreme measures are being considered to tackle the increasing numbers of jellyfish in the oceans
The results mirror a recent NUI Galway and University of Hawaii study on stings from the Portuguese man o war and previous work on box jellyfish stings.
Speaking of Kodansha, they have posted the full first chapter of Princess Jellyfish for you to read for free.
The papillae prevent slippery foods such as jellyfish from being expelled with the water.
We swam in special Lycra bodysuits up north to protect us from jellyfish stings and only swam in beaches with shark nets down south.
But several people have been badly stung by Box Jellyfish whilst swimming off Koh Mak, so care is needed.
«No matter where you're going this summer, medical treatment for jellyfish stings is just one of the many costs good travel insurance will cover, so we urge everyone to go prepared and protected, leaving them free to enjoy the trip.»
Dabiri studies biological fluid mechanics and wind energy — specifically how animals like jellyfish use water to move around.
Both of my children were stung by jellyfish in Negril, Jamaica, and (I would never have believed it had I not seen it) a little crab pinched my daughter's toe in Florida and hung on for dear life.
However, a lack of historical data on jellyfish populations has caused some scientists to question whether the apparent boom is actually connected to global warming.
The answer to the question of whether jellyfish populations are on the rise ultimately lies at this intersection, Berwald finds.
There are many popular sites such as Jellyfish Lake and Mandarin Fish Wall amongst the many boat and plane wrecks.
Dip the chunks of jellyfish into the batter and drop them in the hot sunflower oil to fry for around 1 minute.
«Something about jellyfish galaxies makes them the ideal feeding ground for supermassive black holes»
As jellyfish blooms become more frequent, it's important to understand their impacts.
Using jellyfish as a motif to examine consumption, environmental degradation and issues surrounding global warming, the work's delicate beauty and unsettling hybridity invites viewers into an enveloping, contemplative space to reflect on their own relationship with the ocean environment, the natural world and the issues emerging from future climate change.
Most other octopuses eat more substantial prey such as fish and crustaceans, so it is a surprise to see this large species eating jellyfish.
Made up of upside - down sea urchin shells, the little planters look like graceful jellyfish floating in mid-air.
The tentacles of many jellyfish species are equipped to send out barbs that emit toxins, some of which can be deadly indeed.
To trace individual neurons, Jeff Lichtman of Harvard uses engineered mice whose DNA includes jellyfish genes so that the cells contain fluorescent proteins.
While the watch comes with many traditional faces, I found it fun to try some of the more whimsical ones which include jellyfish, butterflies and the ever popular Mickey Mouse, who tells times with his hands and taps his foot every second.
Swim carelessly through endless swarms of jellyfish which have evolved without stingers in this isolated lake in the South Pacific.
The water is crystal clear, with many stingless jellyfish swimming around.
The Pacific Ocean jellyfish Aequorea victoria, it appears, produces just the sort of light that researchers try to coax from crystalline semiconductors such as gallium arsenide or indium phosphide.
In summer, she goes out by boat to collect moon jellyfish for her experiments on the impact of ocean acidification, warming and deoxygenation.
Americans see jellyfish as a nuisance, stinging swimmers and clogging up fishing nets.
This suggests there is something about jellyfish galaxies that makes them the ideal feeding ground for supermassive black holes, she says.
Wu's dramatic photographs reveal a world teeming with life beneath the ice, including gracefully swimming emperor penguins, volcano sponges big enough to swallow a diver, and a giant jellyfish with 30 - foot - long tentacles that seems to be robed in a bulbous, frilly pink bridesmaid's dress.
A NATURAL compound that makes jellyfish glow is helping American researchers to build up a «paintbox» of chemicals that will enable them to watch a variety of complex biochemical processes such as the spread of viruses through plants and simple animals, and how drugs break down in cells.
But we just got a terrific illustration of what happens when you cut off just a few jellyfish tentacles: they grow back.
Unfortunately, also some very tiny jellyfish lived into the water, so we had some red spots after coming out of the water.
Thirty years ago, a ship from North America sailed up the Bosphorus and dumped ballast water containing comb jellyfish from back home.
Laureates Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie and Roger Tsien used a colorful jellyfish protein to reveal the inner workings of cells
The researchers captured adult box jellyfish at Darwin and kept them alive in aerated seawater.
The three researchers were sharing the $ 1.4 million award for the development of green fluorescent protein (GFP), a molecule that makes certain jellyfish glow.
Our cute jellyfish look like they are wiggling and floating.
The lion's mane jellyfish passes through four stages over the course of its life: larva, polyp, ephyra and the familiar medusa.
In collaboration with other researchers, she hopes to marshal her color - changing nanoparticles to understand how jellyfish move and how plants take a drink.
Here, you can rent a kayak to explore the cave tunnel and swim with stingless jellyfish!
So Dabiri has actually built miniature submarines that have a typical submarine look, but move water currents around them in ways that look strikingly like what jellyfish do.
Recently (Jan 2013) two people were stung by irukandji jellyfish in two separate incidents near Fraser Island, well south of the usual known danger areas.
Tsukimi, who has loved jellyfish from a young age, resides in Amamizukan, a fangirl - only dorm.
Aging Reversed The story of the immortal jellyfish starts in 1988.
It imitates a large jellyfish by swimming to the surface and then slowly sinking with its arms spread evenly around its body.
But unless I'm lit, I'm unlikely to go the ultimate step of eating one — because jellyfish does enter into cuisine, believe it or not.
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