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To: neolib who wrote (232754)5/14/2005 2:18:12 PM
From: 10K a day  Respond to of 1575808
 
>>These are fantastic creatures with 24 eyes, four parallel brains and 60 arseholes," says Dan Nilsson, a vision expert from the University of Lund in Sweden.

That sounds like my X gf.



To: neolib who wrote (232754)5/14/2005 2:27:00 PM
From: combjelly  Respond to of 1575808
 
"Box jellyfish, or cubozoans, are bizarre, highly poisonous predators"

Interesting link. Funny how these structures that are "impossibly complex" can eventually be shown how they could have evolved.

We get sea nettle, a cubomedusae, in our surf in July-August when the salinity goes up. Near shore Texas coast generally has a salinity in the 25 part per thousand range due to freshwater influx. But with our seasonal drought, that changes in those months. And sea nettle can really light up your life...



To: neolib who wrote (232754)5/14/2005 4:27:20 PM
From: tejek  Respond to of 1575808
 
Box jellyfish, or cubozoans, are bizarre, highly poisonous predators (New Scientist, 8 November 2003, p 34). "These are fantastic creatures with 24 eyes, four parallel brains and 60 arseholes," says Dan Nilsson, a vision expert from the University of Lund in Sweden.

This is what they look like:

barrierreefaustralia.com

The description of their venom and its impact makes me not want to meet any of them. ;~)