Jellyfish - There Are Many Types

Jellyfishes are one of the most common seen inhabitants of seas and oceans. They are one of the most beautiful and attractive sea creatures which man has ever seen. But of course many of them are dangerous to people, because of their ability to sting and inject you with venom. Of course not all of those stings are fatal, depending on the type of the jellyfish they vary from stings that cause no pain to those which will make you feel and extreme pain or even die because of the intoxication. Jellyfishes are also called medusas, but the term "medusa" is mainly used to point the latest cycle of their life.

Jellyfishes are maybe the most attractive sea creatures. They don't only attract with their abstract forms, but also with the variety of colors in which they're colored. The color effect on the jellyfish is caused from the fluorescent chemicals which they have flowing through their body. Those chemicals react and cause them to be seen in different hues and colorizations depending on the given situation they're into. Some jellyfishes use their colorizing ability to attract their own species so that they can multiply or may also use that ability to frighten enemies. The proportions of the materials that make a jellyfish is pretty strange - they are made of 10% jelly substance and 90% water and that is the reason why they're named jellyfish. It is pretty interesting, isn't it?

The Tiburonia granrojo is one fairly big sized jellyfish which has a vivid red color and looks quite different from the other kinds of jellyfish who have a clear and delicate body types. Those jellyfishes use from 4 to 7 arms to capture and eat their prey, but those tentacles are rather short if we compare them to those of other medusas. They live from six hundred to one thousand and five hundred meters below sea surface and they have been mainly found in the Pacific. The Tiburonia granojo is a very rare jellyfish and only twenty three specimens of its kind of have been found to date.

The Purple striped jellyfish is another interesting specimen of the jellyfish class, although it can be seen only on the Californian coastline. As you can tell by the name it is colored in dark purple and has stripes on its body. However the Purple striped jellyfish doesn't have those stripes all the time, in truth they get those stripes when they get old and in the beginning of their life journey they aren't purple, but light pink.

And these are only two of the amazing species of jellyfish that can be seen in seas and oceans. However if you aren't an adventure man you can always go to the city aquarium and witness the amazing beauty and glory of the jellyfish kind. Medusas are the most often seen creature in the oceans and this is because of the fact that they continue multiplying each day of their lifetime.