Aurelia Aurita The Moon Jelly

by Miroslava Jurcik

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Aurelia Aurita The Moon Jelly

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Miroslava Jurcik

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Though jellies are soft-bodied and lack a skeleton, making fossils rare, there is evidence that jellyfish predate dinosaurs by some 400 million years.
A historic moment for jellyfish came in May 1991, when 2,478 moon jelly polyps and babies were launched into space aboard the shuttle Columbia. Biologist Dorothy Spangenberg of the Eastern Virginia Medical School wanted to learn about how weightlessness affected the development of juvenile jellies. She monitored calcium loss in the jellies, which by extension could further scientists’ understanding of humans’ calcium loss in space.
Many experts believe that the overall functionality of the Moon Jellyfish has been able to adapt over time to changes in temperature and allocation. They have also been able to develop the toxins in their bodies to be able to protect them from predators as well as to get their prey.
Aurelia aurita (also called the moon jelly, moon jellyfish, common jellyfish, or saucer jelly) under green neon lights of Sydney Aquarium at Darling Harbour !

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