Tuesday 23 September 2014

Questions about jellyfish

Jellyfish by Wendy Matthews
  1. Name a collective noun for a group of jellyfish.
Smuck, Smack, Smuth, Brood and Fluther.
  1. How much of a jellyfish is water?
Although jellyfish are 95 percent water, They do contain some protein.
  1. Sharks kill more people than jellyfish. True or False
False because Jellyfish kill more people every year than sharks.
  1. Is a jellyfish dangerous after it’s dead?
Yes. Even if it looks dead. The stinging cells in the tentacles work for up to two weeks after a jellyfish had died.
  1. How do jellyfish breathe?
Jellyfish need oxygen. But instead of using gills a jellyfish breathes through its skin, which covers it entire body. This is usually shaped like a parachute with tentacles that hang beneath.
  1. Where is the poison of jellyfish located?
These tentacles are a jellyfish’s secret weapon. Stinging cells inside the tentacles shoot out poison
  1. What does a jellyfish eat?
Small jellyfish eats Flitter-feed, the larger jellyfish eat small fish crabs, Plankton.
  1. What are the predators of jellyfish?
The jellyfish predators are sharks.
  1. How does a jellyfish ‘bloom’ effect people?
In New Zealand, Jellyfish mostly noticed when swimmers get stung. But jellyfish blooms can also block shipping lanes, damage they engines on boats, ruin fishing nets, and be sucked into the water intakes of large ships and power stations.


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