Summary: <p>If you look at this episode and think, “Oh, ho hum, think I’ll skip this one because snore, jellyfish,” you are so wrong! Jellies are fascinating, creepy, and often beautiful. Come learn all about our squishy friends in the sea!</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-179" src="http://strangeanimalspodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/manowar-300x220.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="220"></p> <p>A Portuguese man o’war. Creepy as heck.</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-181" src="http://strangeanimalspodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/lionsmanejelly-300x225.png" alt="" width="300" height="225"></p> <p>A lion’s mane jelly. You do not want this guy on your ship. Incidentally, a lot of the photos you find of divers with enormous lion’s mane jellies are fakes that make the jellies look gigantic.</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-182" src="http://strangeanimalspodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/cosmicjelly-300x169.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="169"></p> <p>The cosmic jelly, a deep-sea creature.</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-183" src="http://strangeanimalspodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/maxresdefault-300x176.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="176"></p> <p>The creepy <em>Stygiomedusa gigantea</em>, guardian of the underworld</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-184" src="http://strangeanimalspodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/goldenjelly.jpg" alt="" width="260" height="194"></p> <p>A newly discovered golden jelly.</p> <p>Further reading:</p> <p><a href="https://jellybiologist.com/">Jelly Biologist</a> (I’ve been enjoying browsing this site)</p>
