The stinging common blue jellyfish Cyanea lamarcki varies in colour from deep blue to pale white. It can reach almost 2m across. Its long tentacles hanging down from the bell's rim, can reach five metres while being almost invisible. It fishes the sea by swimming actively, letting its tentacles out and drawing them in again to eat the catch.
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
A few of these washing in with the tide this evening
The stinging common blue jellyfish Cyanea lamarcki varies in colour from deep blue to pale white. It can reach almost 2m across. Its long tentacles hanging down from the bell's rim, can reach five metres while being almost invisible. It fishes the sea by swimming actively, letting its tentacles out and drawing them in again to eat the catch.
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