Sentences with phrase «moon jellies»
"Moon jellies" refers to a type of jellyfish that usually have clear or translucent bodies and are shaped like a dome or umbrella. They are called moon jellies because their bodies can resemble the shape and glow of the moon. Full definition
Some probably last only several weeks, though Widmer has managed to keep a cohort of moon jellies alive for more than five years in one of the aquarium's tanks.
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Rather than regrow limbs, the team discovered that the young moon jellies used symmetrization, an exercise that
The surge in moon jellies might be fodder for a future mission, and yet another research paper on top of the 300 Aquarius has already spawned in top - notch journals — assuming the missions can go on.
By studying moon jellies, the species Aurelia aurita, Gemmell and other researchers have recently found that jellyfish pull off this feat by creating zones of high and low pressure around their body that alternately suck and push them forward.
The 16.4 - centimeter - wide undulator, dubbed Robojelly and which mimics the crustacean - eating moon jelly (Aurelia aurita), pulses like the real thing thanks to faux metal alloy muscles running down its sides that contract when zapped with an electric charge.
When a real moon jelly throbs, its entire umbrella - shaped bell pulses in unison except for one small ribbon of tissue at its lower margin.
In a laboratory experiment at the Alfred Wegener Institute, ephyra larvae of moon jellies developed perfectly at elevated water temperatures, lower pH values and reduced oxygen concentrations.
Pet sharks, gaze at moon jellies, and view a life size skeleton of a gray whale.
One morning we paddled through waters teeming with moon jellies, whose fluid movements seemed choreographed to unheard music.
Researchers sliced off some of the eight arms in young moon jellies to see how the animals heal.
Siphonophores are jellyfish linked together to form what look like weaponized space platforms, while among the discrete medusae, moon jellies can appear both vegetal and artificial — purple pansies trapped under gauzy, throbbing petticoats.
«Some animals just heal their wounds, other animals regenerate what is lost, but the moon jelly ephyrae don't regenerate their lost limbs.
Right, the jellyfish Aurelia aurita (moon jelly).
But it turns out that some of these creatures, including the diaphanous Aurelia aurita, or moon jelly, forgo sprouting new arms after an injury, researchers report online June 15 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
(As youngsters, moon jellies have arms.
This means that moon jellies could be among the winners of climate change and outcompete more sensitive species — including fish.
But seen from the right perspective, the moon jelly Aurelia aurita looks like a shimmering beauty.
Through its 90 foot wide picture window, they can catch a glimpse of dozens of sea creatures, including skates, puffins, moon jellies, and hammerhead sharks, gliding through 1.2 million gallons of water.
Ok, I will: two Aquarists in Dallas, Texas created a saltwater / peanut butter mix and fed it to moon jellies.