Jellyfish, once considered by many to be a romantic sea creature. But today we're going to talk about a completely different kind of jellyfish – the lion's mane jellyfish. She is not cute and unromantic because she possesses deadly toxins that can kill humans. Not only that, in the ocean world, she is also a terrifying overlord.
The lion's mane jellyfish is one of the largest jellyfish in the world, with an umbrella-shaped body that can reach up to two meters, which is much larger than ordinary jellyfish. Her tentacles are very strong, with eight groups of up to 150 tentacles each, which can be more than 35 meters long. And this jellyfish looks very strange, its tentacles are covered with bristles like lion's mane, hence the name lion's mane jellyfish.
The lion's mane jellyfish grows mainly in colder seas, including the Arctic Sea, North Atlantic, North Pacific and other seas, and is very rare in areas below 42 degrees north latitude because it cannot withstand the high temperatures there. Similar species of jellyfish are found in the waters of Australia and New Zealand.
The lion's mane jellyfish is a carnivore that feeds mainly on plankton. It extends its tentacles or tentacles into the sky to catch plankton. Although the lion's mane jellyfish is slow and cannot cross the depths of the ocean, it is very active in ordinary marine ecosystems. Since the lion's mane jellyfish has no brains, she lacks the ability to control her own direction and relies entirely on water currents to move.
The range of the lion's mane jellyfish is not well understood, but past records indicate that this species grows in Arctic and subarctic seas. In recent years, with the deterioration of the marine environment and climate change, the number of lion's mane jellyfish has begun to rise, which poses a great threat to the ecosystem. Because the lion's mane jellyfish is an extremely dangerous jellyfish, it is not classified as a protected species.
Although the lion's mane jellyfish is regarded as a terrifying creature, we cannot deny that it plays an important role in the marine ecosystem, just like humans, life has different forms and appearances, as long as we respect every life, we can maintain ecological balance.
The lion's mane jellyfish is a real "killer", she has great lethality, proper protection and regulation are very necessary. It is believed that humans will find better ways to live in harmony with this "bully".