Seen this weekend near our beach house. One might suppose this fella was frolicking (do Jellyfish frolic?) a bit too long in the surf, joyriding onto the rocks and back into water, over and over again — Whee! — blissfully unaware of the looming tide change. He wasn’t alone; we saw dozens more scattered about the beach. Bad genes? I doubt that explanation. Given the prolific nature of Jellyfish reproduction there are certainly thousands more genetically identical to this guy who were not so careless.
Did you know some species of Jellyfish reproduce asexually? In others, sexual reproduction occurs when the males ejaculate into the water and the sperm swim into the mouths of the female (no snickering guys) in search of her eggs.
Mystery picture, also taken during Thanksgiving at the beach house. And no, the rings of Saturn is incorrect.
Mystery picture guess – A lighted candle in a ceramic sconce of some type?
Correctamundo!
Either you’re very wise or the photo wasn’t as mysterious as I thought. Probably both.
RKN, I would have had a more difficult time identifying the jelly pic, I would guess.
Here’s a question for you. Were those washed up jellies simply frozen, and, if so, if they were to be put back into the ocean, would they have thawed (refreshed themselves)? A question that came to mind after noting your post on the immortal jellies.
Given they’re mostly water, I’m certain many or all their cells burst when frozen, making reanimation in water unlikely.
That would seem logical, RKN, but I asked (did not research) because I wondered if the jellies had some type of natural anti-freeze, as some very cold water dwellers do, which may have given them the ability to recover from their freezing if returned to the water in a proper amount of time.