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In the wild, Andrew feeds on fish, sponges, small crustaceans, nematode worms and protozoans.

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Cool video of robotic jellyfish puttering about and frightening people.
Posted on April 24, 2008 6:06 PM • 6 Comments •
A few months back we brought you the story of giant jellies invading Japan. Well on Tuesday, the cutting edge scientific publication known as the Wall Street Journal actually sent a reporter to cover the story. The article is only...
Posted on November 29, 2007 7:15 PM • 1 Comments •
Dr. Larry Madin of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Phillipine scientists returned from two weeks in the Celebes Sea, located off the Phillippines southernmost archipelago, this Tuesday with some potential new deep sea discoveries.
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Posted on October 16, 2007 7:55 PM • 6 Comments •
So they are not actually real but this might be the next lava lamp. The "tank" contains three somewhat realistic jellyfish that swim about in all of their plastic glory. Six LEDs illuminate the critters and change color in order...
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Posted on September 27, 2007 10:52 AM • 6 Comments •
Scientists have created a jellyfish with twelve heads in a lab at Hanover University of Veterinary Medicine in Germany. Bernd Schierwater and colleague Wolfgang Jakob (or "God" as they like to collectively call themselves) claim to have created the freakish...
Posted on August 2, 2007 3:24 PM • 0 Comments •
Buddenbrockia plumatellaeDiscovered in 1851, the Buddenbrockia worm has long confounded scientists--it seems like a worm, but has some very unworm-like characteristics. Unlike similar looking creatures, such as nematodes, the Buddenbrockia's body does not have separate organs. Its insides are totally...
Posted on July 6, 2007 7:01 PM • 0 Comments •
Japanese fisherman and power plants have been under siege over the last year by giant jellyfish. While the cause of the swarming is unknown, the nuisance is severe. Growing to almost 500lbs, Nemopelima nomurai destroys fishing nets and poisons fish...
Posted on July 3, 2007 3:43 PM • 0 Comments •
Most jellyfish drift freely in the ocean current but the dangerous box jellyfish is an active swimmer. To help it navigate, the box jellyfish has 24 eyes that dangle from their cube-shaped bodies. One set of eyes is remarkably well...
Posted on April 2, 2007 2:19 AM • 2 Comments •
We're going to need a bigger boat, Lion's Mane Jellyfish, cyanea capillataA swarm of large, stinging jellyfish attacked female swimmers in the World Swimming Championships off of St. Kilda Beach in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday. Winds blew the jellies, most likely...
Posted on March 21, 2007 3:30 PM • 0 Comments •