jellyfish by iaacf

Photography • Animals • posted on May 02, 2007

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Description

I realize this is not the most bright picture ever made by men..:-).. still I hope the colours and textures do the trick in this case. Jellyfish are marine invertebrates belonging to the Scyphozoan class. The body of an adult jellyfish is composed of a bell-shaped, jelly producing substance enclosing its internal structure, from which the creature's tentacles are suspended. Each tentacle is covered with stinging cells (cnidocytes) that can sting or kill other animals: most jellyfish use them to secure prey or as a defense mechanism. Others, such as Rhizostomae, do not have tentacles at all. To compensate for its lack of basic sensory organs and a brain, the jellyfish exploits its nervous system and rhopalia to perceive stimuli, such as light or odor, and orchestrate expedient responses. In its adult form, it is composed of 94

Comments (6)

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helanker

1:24PM | Wed, 02 May 2007

Like this, it is indeed a beautiful creature and it moves with very much grace. Beautiful capture and light and thanks for the interesting information :)

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