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Showing posts with label jellyfish. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jellyfish. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Palace of the Brine

Not to be outdone by the piglet squid, here’s one that’s maybe even better: the red paper lantern medusa.


Depending on who’s doing the talking, she’s also known as the aka-chochin kurage or the Pandea rubra. And the other wonders of the sea apparently love her enough that they’ll sublease her. There’s a video of all this wonderment at Pink Tentacle.

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Marine Video Game Controller

Pictured below is a combed jellyfish that is among the treasure trove of previously unknown marine species that scientists researching Australian coral reefs reported as having observed last week. I am fascinated.


New York Daily News has a cool, if not wholly comprehensive, photo gallery.