jellyfish
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The researchers also noted that jellyfish, which diverged from humans about 600 to 700 million years ago, possess two nervous systems positioned at different ends of their bodies.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
The Wildlife Trusts, external said the lion's mane jellyfish gets its name from its long tentacles, and have "all the beauty and bite of a lion".
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
At first, postdoctoral researcher Olívia Soares Pereira thought the vehicle had come across a jellyfish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
Hot weather increases plankton levels at the water's surface, drawing jellyfish up, experts say.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
A sign next to one of the tanks had said that there are 150 million jellyfish stings every year.
From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin
These showed body plans different from any animals alive today, although some seem to be related to worms and jellyfishes.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2018
“We need to clearly acknowledge that jellyfishes and other gelatinous organisms may be a regular prey for a variety of marine predators.”
From National Geographic ● Sep. 15, 2017
When jellyfishes move, their tissue alternates between these states of tautness and gooeyness.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 24, 2015
Expect giraffes and zebras, but also Komodo dragons, jellyfishes and newts for a dash of originality.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 1, 2013
But the diminutive cousin in the grotto with the jellyfishes is a bird of quite another feather.
From A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science by Henry Smith Williams
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