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Sentence Examples Frigatebirds feed primarily on flying fish, but will also take menhaden, squid or jellyfish. Hopefully we won't be maimed by saltwater crocodiles, eaten by sharks, or stung by poisonous jellyfish. Certain Pacific jellyfish are much more dangerous, but they are limited to the waters around Australia. Water sports are popular in the Persian Gulf, although jellyfish prevent swimming there. A giant monster resembling a giant jellyfish emerged from the lava pool and wrapped its tentacles around Lupus. We reached the dive site without incident, every pair had a dive in turn and all divers were stung equally badly by jellyfish. Eerie blue-lit stemware suspended above the adjoining, glassed-in bar, as if some enormous jellyfish had just swum into view. The float of the Portuguese Man of War jellyfish acts as a sail which helps it move or swim in water. Candidates were referred to as blatherskites, big-nothings, stuffed shirts, jellyfish, etc. The only opening in a jellyfish is the mouth which everyone sees when they look at the umbrella of the jellyfish. Hazards can include jellyfish, cramp and hypothermia and sickness due to untreated sewage pollution. The Lion's Mane, Britain's largest jellyfish species, can reach up to two metres in diameter. The sea is filled with small jellyfish, but we run in anyway for an invigorating swim. Dilute vinegar is good first aid for box jellyfish and Portuguese man-of-war stings. Despite suffering from sunburn, jellyfish stings and lack of sleep, we all survived and are no worse for wear. Treatment of jellyfish stings in the United States and the Caribbean is concerned mostly with limiting pain and neurologic symptoms. A businessman from East Yorkshire has died after being stung by a tiny jellyfish in what is thought to be the first known fatality of its kind. There is also a new and rampant variety of anemone on the bottom, and the chance of being stung by jellyfish or anemone is no longer unlikely. The most terrifying is the story of the swimmer stung by a particular kind of jellyfish. Not a jellyfish appeared, of course, but the day was chilly and breezy, and the shoreline countercurrent was running at double its usual force. Show More Sentences Abalone dressed with chilli, sweetish vinegar and served with melon and jellyfish was relatively impressive if cautiously portioned. In nature, the gene cues a jellyfish to make a bright-green fluorescent protein. Found off Australia's north-east coast during the tropical wet season, it is a smaller relative of the lethal box jellyfish. Having nabbed its prey, the box jellyfish moves the captive to its stomach for predigestion. Surfers more often encounter free-floating coelenterates such as the true jellyfish, Portuguese man-of-war, and box jellyfish. Frankie was a spineless jellyfish that didn't deserve to make money from Tan. Flat as a washed-up jellyfish, the 217 hectare sand cay is only 4m above sea level at its highest point. Mr Jordan brushed against the tiny yet extremely poisonous jellyfish swimming near Hamilton Island in northern Queensland on Wednesday. Then there's the famous glow-in-the-dark rabbit, created by an artist using a fluorescent jellyfish gene. Thousands of giant jellyfish with 30 foot stinging tentacles have invaded the seas around Scotland. Man-eating saltwater crocodiles lurk in nearby estuaries along with the deadly box jellyfish, the most poisonous creature on earth. When the mice were born, they carried the jellyfish gene in their own genes. Plastic bags when filled with water resemble jellyfish, the turtle's staple diet. The pink jellyfish grow to three feet in diameter and their tentacles can reach 70 feet. You will also be well aware of the unusually large numbers of jellyfish in the sea at this time. His father is a spineless jellyfish who lets his wife rule with an iron fist. Fluorescent genes from jellyfish have also been added to organisms in this manner to show which are successful recombinants. It looked like a disgruntled teenage jellyfish forced to wear a woolly hat knitted by an overprotective mother. Several drawings depict forms that have the amorphous shapes of sea life such as hydras and jellyfish. It is a blending of DNA from a zebra fish and either a jellyfish or sea anemone. Show More Sentences The Phylum Cnidaria includes such diverse forms as jellyfish, hydra, sea anemones, and corals. We join them in their rented paddleboat and head out into the Adriatic sea until we reach a point where we are surrounded by jellyfish. It is possible that year-round foraging by leatherbacks has increased as a response to increased jellyfish. A New York Times story reports a successful experiment in which jellyfish genes were mixed with the sperm cells of the rhesus monkey. Young gadoid fish, which have been observed sheltering beneath jellyfish umbrellas. The camera passes through a barrage of deadly jellyfish, emerging unscathed on the other side. Found in all tropical and temperate oceans, the Mola mola, or giant ocean sunfish, eats mainly jellyfish. As indicated by its small beak-like mouth, the louvar feeds on small, soft-bodied creatures such as jellyfish and ctenophores. In the deep sea, where it's too dark for photosynthesis, the water teems with crabs, fish, jellyfish, mollusks, and other life-forms. I remember seeing the sea angels as a kid along the waters at Herschel Island, Yukon one fall...there were a lot of jellyfish that year. The divers visit a small skerrig surrounded by a kelp forest with nudibranchs, comb jellyfish and sea butterflies. These include trilobites, clams, soft bodied and hard-bodied sponges, sea cucumbers, sea lilies, worms, snails, brachiopods, jellyfish, etc. Known also as the sea wasp and the marine stinger, box jellyfish have killed about 65 people in the past century. Incoming tides also bring at certain times of the year shoals of mackerel and bass, dolphins, basking sharks and giant jellyfish. Existing imaging techniques use natural molecules that fluoresce, such as organic dyes and proteins that are found in jellyfish and fireflies. Last year, several bathers suffered severe and painful stings while swimming among the jellyfish in the Mersey estuary. A medusa, or jellyfish, is part of the life cycle of just one major group of animals, the cnidarians. The Scyphozoa, or jellyfish, are an exclusively marine class in which the medusoid stage dominates. The bacteria were genetically engineered to produce a fluorescent jellyfish protein, so they glowed as they grew. The puppet characters will include magical sea creatures such as mermaids and jellyfish. Show More Sentences I cautiously waded in up to my thighs, and was immediately stung by a jellyfish. Whether looking at a slimy whale taste bud or a forest of pink jellyfish, there is no shortage of eye candy. I cannot say I am confident every jellyfish that has held the post since then would have shown the same mettle. When the females are bigger than 7 cm they never find jellyfish tentacles. Quite what a flying jellyfish looks like as it impacts the faceplate of your snorkel mask is still a mystery to me, but they seemed to be enjoying it. It's a tragedy regardless of how it happened and people like you who lecture after an accident are the lowest form of weak willed spineless jellyfish. Diving, snorkelling, windsurfing, para-sailing, and jet-skiing are all available for far less than you expect, but steer clear of the ultra-stingy jellyfish. The jellyfish and starfish both live in the water, have radial symmetry, and are invertebrates, so you might suppose that they belong together in a group. Many of those could be basic life forms, such as worms and jellyfish. Fish are too smart, big, fast, and numerous for jellyfish to come anywhere close to getting an upper hand. For an appetizer, try the shredded abalone with apple and jellyfish. And so, quietly, notch by notch, jellyfish continue to inherit damaged ecosystems. Among their more unusual behavior, the octopuses employ a unique defense mechanism by tearing off the tentacles of passing Portuguese man-of-war jellyfish. The researchers chose the jellyfish gene for a green fluorescent protein that other researchers had used to create glowing green eyes in houseflies and some other insects. Like jellyfish, Medusa can sting an enemy with its tentacles. The streets are full of beach bums and the beaches are full of jellyfish. There are plastic sunfish-looking creatures swimming about, along with a bobbing jellyfish complete with plastic tentacles, and a crab with snapping plastic pincers. The invertebrate fauna includes many planktonic forms, particularly jellyfish and the stemless crinoid Saccoma, and also nektonic organisms such as cephalopods. We took off our shoes, paddled in the water, made sand castles, collected sticks and shells, and examined the dead jellyfish washed up on the shore. As we paddled across clear water, we caught sight of purple jellyfish below us, herons and oystercatchers on adjacent rocks and flocks of seagulls. Show More Sentences Getting stung by a jellyfish is among summer's beach bummers. And for a few brief minutes the skies opened and sunlight streamed down from above, lighting the lake from within, giving the jellyfish a preternatural glow. One method is to introduce a jellyfish gene into Salmonella to make the bacteria fluoresce, or glow, so they'll be easier to detect among other microorganisms on raw poultry. Bannerfish, moon wrasse and angelfish nibbled on jellyfish the size of a soccer ball, and just off the gully, the likes of queenfish, jacks, and golden trevally zoomed about. This slide shows the late strobila stage of the jellyfish Aurelia. He had shown that hydroid jellyfish known as naked-eyed medusae reproduce not only by spewing eggs, but also by asexual budding, which he found marvelous to behold. If you get do get stung by a jellyfish, always apply vinegar immediately. The official season of the dreaded stinging jellyfish has begun. The whole thing looked very organic, something like a giant jellyfish. Blair returned with the grappling pole and began to extend it, gazing at the huge, deep orange jellyfish as it bobbed and pulsated next to the boat. If you should get stung by a box jellyfish, you won't get off lightly. The beach was covered with jellyfish in an array of colours. Australia is host to the most venomous marine creatures in the world, but the sting from a box jellyfish, or sea wasp, is definitely one to avoid. Am now scared of funnel-web spiders, box jellyfish, blue ringed octopus, paralysis ticks and stone fish. Some jellyfish populations have become restricted to coastal saltwater lakes, such as Jellyfish Lake in Palau. A jellyfish... carries poison cells that can sting other citizens of the sea. The body of the comb-jelly is soft like that of the jellyfish, but the plan of structure and the organs are somewhat different. Most are microscopic, but some, such as the various species of jellyfish and sea gooseberry, can be much bigger. The enormous basking shark, for example, lives entirely on plankton and the leatherback turtle's main food is jellyfish. This species travels north to the waters off the British Isles every year following the swarms of jellyfish that form its prey. Show More Sentences An attack by jellyfish changed his mind, and he returned quickly to the shore. Besides salad and pickles as appetizers, they can range from jelly, beancurd, noodle salad, cooked meat and sausages, to jellyfish or cold soups. Most jellyfish do not have specialized digestive, osmoregulatory, central nervous, respiratory, or circulatory systems. Even some scientists include the phylum ctenophora when they are referring to jellyfish. As jellyfish are not true fish, which are vertebrates, the word jellyfish is considered by some to be a misnomer. Certain species of jellyfish, such as the box jellyfish, have more advanced vision than their counterparts. Another small species of jellyfish is the Australian Irukandji, which is about the size of a fingernail. Some other animals are frequently associated with or mistaken for medusa jellyfish. Most large coastal jellyfish live 2 to 6 months, during which they grow from a millimeter or two to many centimeters in diameter. Other species of jellyfish are among the most common and important jellyfish predators, some of which specialize in jellies. In general however, there are few predators preying on jellyfish and they can be considered top predators in the food chain. Jellyfish may also benefit from saltier waters, as saltier waters contain more iodine, which is necessary for polyps to turn into jellyfish. One hypothesis is that the global increase in jellyfish bloom frequency may stem from human impact. Increased nutrients, ascribed to agricultural runoff, have been cited as contributing to jellyfish proliferation. The fact that jellyfish are increasing is a symptom of something happening in the ecosystem. Most jellyfish are marine animals, although a few hydromedusae inhabit freshwater. The best known freshwater example is the cosmopolitan hydrozoan jellyfish, Craspedacusta sowerbii. In Roscoe Bay, jellyfish ride the current at ebb tide until they hit a gravel bar, and then descend below the current. Endoparasitic helminths are transmitted from intermediate host jellyfish to definitive host fish via predation. Medusivorous fish become infected by trematodes through predation of infected jellyfish and act as definitive hosts. Show More Sentences In some countries, such as China, Japan, and Korea, jellyfish are known as a delicacy. Freshly processed jellyfish has a white, creamy color and turns yellow or brown during prolonged storage. In China, processed jellyfish are desalted by soaking in water overnight and eaten cooked or raw. In Japan, cured jellyfish are rinsed, cut into strips and served with vinegar as an appetizer. In 2010, at a New Hampshire beach, pieces of a single dead lion's mane jellyfish stung between 125 and 150 people. The most venomous jellyfish is the box jellyfish which produces enough poison to kill 60 humans and is the reason for 1 death per year. Hence ctenophores usually swim in the direction in which the mouth is eating, unlike jellyfish. Some jellyfish and turtles eat large quantities of ctenophores, and jellyfish may temporarily wipe out ctenophore populations. Due to their obligate feeding nature, leatherbacks help control jellyfish populations. They are also a major jellyfish predator, which helps keep populations in check. This bears importance to humans, as jellyfish diets consist largely of larval fish, the adults of which are commercially fished by humans. The young eat fish eggs, mollusks, jellyfish, small invertebrates, worms, sponges, algae, and crustaceans. Overfishing eliminates a major jellyfish competitor and predator exacerbating the jellyfish population explosion. This fulmar will feed on shrimp, fish, squid, plankton, jellyfish, and carrion, as well as refuse. Other marine life taken as food includes shellfish, crustaceans, sea cucumber, jellyfish and roe. Lion's mane jellyfish are abundant in the waters of the Arctic, and the banded gunnel is the only species of gunnel that lives in the ocean. Their results indicated that they feed on various planktonic organisms, but especially microscopic jellyfish. They aggregate in considerable numbers around objects such as drifting flotsam, rafts, jellyfish and floating seaweed. An abundance of drifting seaweed or jellyfish can result in significant increases in the survival rates of some juvenile species. Jellyfish are also used by juvenile fish for shelter and food, even though jellyfish may prey on small fish. Show More Sentences The huge ocean sunfish, a true resident of the ocean epipelagic zone, sometimes drifts with the current, eating jellyfish. Mnemiopsis leidyi, a species of comb jellyfish that spread so it now inhabits estuaries in many parts of the world. The population of the jellyfish grew exponentially and, by 1988, it was wreaking havoc upon the local fishing industry. Recently other marine wildlife have also been spotted, such as moon jellyfish and apparently even small sharks. Crab, lobster, shrimp, jellyfish, oysters and catfish are the basis of the marine fishery. Most members of a category of crustaceans called hyperiid amphipods are evolutionarily specialized for jellyfish riding. Turtles in the Sea of Cortez have been observed feeding on tube worms, sea hares, jellyfish and other slow-moving, soft-bodied sea creatures. The audience will encounter real sea stars, jellyfish, sea sponges and squids while also learning about the importance of sea-life conservation. The world's deadliest is the Sea Wasp box jellyfish which lives in South East Asian and Australian waters. That's before you consider the resident reef sharks, box jellyfish, and stingrays. The Queen learns of the many ocean creatures such as a sea lion, seal, jellyfish and tidepools. Does the abundance of jellyfish in the ocean pose a threat to us? Presence of jellyfish or other jellies were identified by presence of tentacles, nematocysts, and whole or partial individuals. He said there are probably close to 200 species of jellyfish and other coelenterates that are dangerous to humans. Distant cousins to the true jellyfish, comb jellies don't have stinging cells. Polyps resemble little upside down jellyfish, For protection, they build stony cup-shaped houses called corallites around their soft bodies. They share the ocean with well over a hundred species of jellyfish and a diversity of seaweeds, deep-water corals, and nudibranchs. The device, a new form of ornithopter has wings that push downwards instead of flapping, mimicking the puling movements of a swimming jellyfish. It looks like a jellyfish but is a closely-related hydroid, and each 'animal' is in fact made up of a colony of individuals. In the North Atlantic Ocean, dissolved oxygen and sea surface temperature were found to be the principal drivers of jellyfish biomass distribution. Show More Sentences Comb jellies, the ctenophores, are life forms that resemble jellyfish. Many cnidarian jellyfish, some corals and comb jellies that are seasonally abundant on Florida coastal waters also light up dark waters, particularly when disturbed. However, unlike the box jellyfish of Australia, ours are rarely lethal. When marine ecosystems become disturbed jellyfish can proliferate. In East Anglia, bathers were warned to watch out for an invasion of four-inch wide blue jellyfish, known as Sea Nettles, which carry a particularly painful sting. Other strange species have been discovered around North Wales, including mantis shrimps, a giant leatherback turtle and the feared Portuguese Man o' War jellyfish. Google's animated Earth Day 2014 doodle feature creatures like Moon jellyfish, puffer fish, dung beetle, veiled chameleon, Japanese macaque, and the rufous hummingbird. Prof Warrel added that many species of venomous fish such as stingrays, catfish, stonefish, lionfish, jellyfish etc inhabit the tropical water of the Gulf and Arabian Sea. Through May and June, reports increased, with moon jellyfish elsewhere along with other species, such as the beautiful blue and compass jellyfishes. Nevertheless, when one of their number was stung by a jellyfish there was a huge clamour of excitement over who should be first to widdle on his welts. When floating plastic particles photodegrade down to zooplankton sizes, jellyfish attempt to consume them, and in this way the plastic enters the ocean food chain. Meinesz believes that one of the worst cases of a single invasive species causing harm to an ecosystem can be attributed to a seemingly harmless jellyfish. Others are solitary, like the large ocean sunfish weighing over 500 kilograms, which sometimes drift passively with ocean currents, eating jellyfish. Some true residents associate with drifting jellyfish or seaweeds. In addition, there are many invertebrate species, including sponge, jellyfish, anemone, crab, mollusc, sea urchin, starfish, sea cucumber and coral. Many turtles die from malabsorption and intestinal blockage following the ingestion of balloons and plastic bags which resemble their jellyfish prey. Unlike other sea turtles, leatherback feeding areas are in colder waters, where an abundance of their jellyfish prey is found, which broadens their range. Scyphozoan jellyfish stings range from a twinge to tingling to agony. Even beached and dying jellyfish can still sting when touched. Contact with a jellyfish tentacle can trigger millions of nematocysts to pierce the skin and inject venom, yet only some species' venom cause an adverse reaction in humans. Show More Sentences As of 2009, jellyfish were becoming popular in home aquariums. The outflow is spread out over a large surface area and the inflow enters as a sheet of water in front of the outflow, so the jellyfish do not get sucked into it. In some locations jellyfish may be filling ecological niches formerly occupied by now overfished creatures, but this hypothesis lacks supporting data. A recent study tracking swimming jellyfish revealed that these medusae can detect marine currents and swim against the current to congregate in blooms. Medusae are carnivorous, feeding on plankton, crustaceans, fish eggs, small fish and other jellyfish, ingesting and voiding through the same hole in the middle of the bell. The medusa is the life stage that is typically identified as a jellyfish. A group of jellyfish is sometimes called a bloom or a swarm. Large, often colorful, jellyfish are common in coastal zones worldwide. Though many planktonic species are microscopic in size, plankton includes organisms over a wide range of sizes, including large organisms such as jellyfish. Recently antibutyrylcholinestrasic activity was detected in the crude venom extracted from the tentacle material of the Mediterranean jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca. Examples from Classical Literature Its eyes were jellyfish, its hair of seaweed, and the mouth was like a mussel. The jellyfish or medusoid body-form corresponds in general to an umbrella or bell. In fact, animals like jellyfish and worms are lungs all over. Normally a jellyfish has its parts in four or multiples of four. He was using the jellyfish as an example of a life form all but invisible. Just like jellyfish, they will not stand any rough handling. It is of interest to consider a common animal like the jellyfish aurelia. Even in the well-established jellyfish there is a fountain of change. My understanding is that the nervous system of a jellyfish contains no true nerves and no centralization. Find more words! 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