Jellyfish

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Jellyfish — page 4 — In the clear blue water of the Ogmore River a young compass jellyfish drifts upward The size of a dinner plate it tucks its 4 arms and 24 tentacles into its bowl shaped body Around the fringe are 32 brown spots Sixteen V shaped lines radiate from a central brown spot on the top of the body to its fringes It looks like just another clump of dead seaweed to unsuspecting

Jellyfish — page 5 — prey A shadow passes The jelly responds instantly extending its arms and tentacles and pumps its body in pursuit The shadow is a school of baby codfish A curious fish nips at a wormlike tentacle but the investigation turns deadly The entangled fish struggles for just a moment as poison races from the tentacle into the fish's body It will become the jellyfish's first meal of the day

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