When people think of animals, they often think of their weak and clumsy bodies, and they always seem incapable in the process of fighting nature. However, there are always animals that have special skills and save themselves and their own people at critical moments. This issue takes you to know the world's smallest paratrooper animal, the tower jellyfish. They can unfold their bodies into an umbrella-like flight, and can maintain balance, and can fly flexibly even at high altitudes, which is a kind of air killer. The tower jellyfish is also known as the cactus and paratrooper elf of the desert. Because they can extend their umbrella-like bodies from small gaps and land safely. The tower-shaped jellyfish lives in the desert regions of Africa.
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Tower-shaped jellyfish are mainly found in desert areas of southern and western Africa because of their ability to survive in extremely arid and hot environments. When tower-shaped jellyfish live in the water, the body will form a ball shape, and when they extend out of the umbrella-like body, they can form an antenna similar to a cylinder, so that they have a strong stealth ability. The tower-shaped jellyfish is mainly distributed in the Sahara and Arabian deserts of Africa.
When threatened, tower jellyfish shrink their bodies to about 5 centimeters and pull them out of the water to float themselves on the surface, which is called floating turtles. The tower-shaped jellyfish is the smallest creature in the world, but it has a very special knack for shrinking its body to its smallest size, about 1 centimeter, when it is in danger. Although the tower jellyfish is small, it has great skills. When they are in danger, they shrink their bodies to the smallest size, about 5 mm or so. Although small, the tower jellyfish can fly through the air like a paratrooper. Although it may seem small and can be easily damaged or injured, it is one of the only animals in nature that can fly in mid-air without any damage.
Air killers protect their companions with their lives
In the deserts of Africa, there is a peculiar animal that can unfold its body into an umbrella-like flight. This is the tower jellyfish! They do not have limbs, but they can unfold their bodies into an umbrella-like form and fly in the air. The tower jellyfish can perform a series of unimaginable movements in a short time, it will use the umbrella to unfold the skin, and then slowly shrink the umbrella membrane, so that the skin on the umbrella membrane unfolds with it. When the jellyfish opens up like an umbrella, the body also shrinks into a sphere like an umbrella. When the bone comes into contact with the surface of the umbrella, it will shrink rapidly. It then folds itself up and keeps the body in balance. It flies in the sky like a small umbrella in the air, so people call it a skydiver. But this behavior is very dangerous. Because these elves can't fly too high.
Their umbrella-like bodies are also affected by some natural factors, such as stormy weather, these umbrellas can become dangerous, such as small animals in the arid desert encounter stormy weather and cannot hide from the rain, these factors will cause the parachute to not function properly, resulting in the death of these elves in the air. In order to protect their companions from other creatures, tower jellyfish can only use their own special flying methods to protect themselves. This is one of the reasons why they survive in the desert. When they are in danger, they can protect their companions by opening their umbrella-like bodies to land safelySome jellyfish species have air bags and will try to keep their bodies from being touched or attacked by animals, because this helps it protect itself and its companions. Therefore, the tower-shaped jellyfish is known as the air killer and the cactus of the desert!
Paratroopers can also be injured, why are jellyfish so powerful?
The reason why the tower-shaped jellyfish has such a strong ability is that it has special organs of its own. In addition to the umbrella, the tower-shaped jellyfish can protrude or retract from its own umbrella-like body. In case of danger, unfold your body into an umbrella shape so that you can protect yourself from harm to a certain extent. In addition to the umbrella, it has many organs on its body. In the process of sticking out of the umbrella, this jellyfish has multiple chambers, tentacles and other organs. They can use these organs to feel everything that is happening around them. The tower jellyfish also has a peculiarity of having a pair of see-through eyes. As soon as they are touched by other animals or people, they immediately indent and shrink the whole world into its transparent umbrella.
Therefore, as long as it is not an extremely dangerous situation, jellyfish can easily come to the external environment through the organs under the umbrella for observation. Similar to paratroopers in this regard, they both stick out an umbrella-like object from the body to observe and learn and live in the external environment, and this way can make the jellyfish better protected. This is important for tower jellyfish, which can communicate with the outside world with the help of all organs within the umbrella. When in danger, the tower jellyfish immediately retracts and wraps itself outside the umbrella for safety and protection. Of course, this is not to protect yourself, but because you can better avoid danger when you enter it.
The umbrella of the tower jellyfish is formed in the water, and it can maintain balance with the help of the air in the water and fly through the air. The body of tower jellyfish is only about 2 centimeters long, and they are able to freely transition between umbrella-like flight and floating state, which is a strange and interesting phenomenon. This is because they unfold their bodies like a parachute when in danger. This peculiar and interesting phenomenon is mainly related to the marine environment, as the tower jellyfish turn its body into an umbrella to protect itself when in danger. In addition, the tower jellyfish can also make different flight attitudes and ways according to its own form.