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Jelly
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Jelly's Life
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Teachers!
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Man is an over-complicated organism.
If he is doomed to extinction he will die out for want of simplicity.
--Ezra Pound
Jellies are models of simplicity. Adult jellies are
almost nothing but water - up to 95 percent. Their bell-shaped bodies
hold a few organs: a mouth in the center, a ring of oral arms around the
mouth and a ring of tentacles along the edge. But these body parts hold
a secret or two. Scroll to your right
and click on the body parts on the diagram to your right to learn more.
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© Joyce Bergen
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It's good to be
Jell-O
Is there an up side to being gelatinous?
Absolutely. Being made mostly of water, jellies aren't very good
food sources, so they have few predators. Jellies can hide
easily from those few predators because they can be almost
transparent. Those that are not, like the sea nettle, have
powerful stinging
cells to help protect them. Jellies
also have no trouble staying afloat, since they weigh basically
the same as the water. Being made of Jell-O ain't all that bad.
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