Jellyfish

Jellyfish book cover — TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 A Sea of Jelly 4 CHAPTER 2 The Jellyfish Body 8 CHAPTER 3 How Jellies Fill Their Bellies 16 CHAPTER 4 Jellyfish Life Cycle 22 CHAPTER 5 Who Wants a Jelly 26 THINK ABOUT IT 30 LEARN MORE 31 GLOSSARY 32 INDEX 32

Jellyfish — page 1 — 21st century skills library 4 A Sea of Jelly chapter 1 It was summertime and the jellyﬁsh were drifting north Thousands of them ﬂoated in the waters around Japan They were enormous bigger and heavier than washing machines They bumped and pushed one another as they drifted Their bodies pulsed as they moved along Their stinging tentacles dangled beneath them As they plowed into one another their stinging cells sometimes ﬁred Normally a jellyﬁsh sting might paralyze or kill another animal But not a single jelly was harmed

Jellyfish — page 2 — exploring our oceans 5 This cauliﬂower jellyﬁsh is sometimes eaten as a delicacy in Japan and China or used to make medicine

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