{"id":21875,"date":"2022-12-22T16:58:44","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T15:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/?p=21875&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=21875"},"modified":"2023-01-03T11:25:55","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T10:25:55","slug":"natures-weirdest-creatures-fried-egg-jellyfish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/2022\/12\/22\/natures-weirdest-creatures-fried-egg-jellyfish\/","title":{"rendered":"Nature&#8217;s weirdest creatures: Fried egg jellyfish"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center has-ccp-primary-dark-color has-text-color\">NATURE&#8217;S WEIRDEST CREATURES<\/h4>\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center\">FRIED EGG JELLYFISH<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"no-tts wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"no-tts aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"628\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/12\/naturepl_01503799-copy_preview-628x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-21933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/12\/naturepl_01503799-copy_preview-628x1024.jpg 628w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/12\/naturepl_01503799-copy_preview-184x300.jpg 184w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/12\/naturepl_01503799-copy_preview-768x1252.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/12\/naturepl_01503799-copy_preview-942x1536.jpg 942w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/12\/naturepl_01503799-copy_preview-1256x2048.jpg 1256w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/12\/naturepl_01503799-copy_preview-scaled.jpg 1570w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">How do you like your eggs? If the answer is, \u2018fried, salty, and weirdly pulsing with life\u2019 then read on. With its yellow dome sitting on top of a smooth translucent bell, the fried egg jellyfish, <em>Cotylorhiza tuberculata, <\/em>bears an uncanny resemblance to the popular breakfast item. Beneath this egg-like bell is a frilly, ruffled \u2018underskirt\u2019 of trailing appendages. Some are tipped with purple blobs that house zooxanthellae, the same symbiotic algae that give certain corals their characteristic hue. The symbiotic organisms receive a place to live and, in return, generate energy for their hosts via photosynthesis. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">The fried egg jellyfish feeds on tiny aquatic organisms, such as zooplankton and phytoplankton, which it ingests via specialised tentacles called oral arms. It&#8217;s common in the Mediterranean, Aegean and Adriatic Seas, where the adult form can grow up to 35cm across. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Vast blooms of it can appear during summer and autumn months, which can be an annoyance for swimmers. But we should be more tolerant. The jellyfish\u2019s sting has little or no effect on humans, and the blobby invertebrate could even prove to be our ally. An extract derived from the fried egg jellyfish has been shown to possess anticancer activity. So maybe one day, we will learn to love them; not just for their looks, but for their pharmaceutical value too. <em><strong>HP<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"no-tts wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-1262799706.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"no-tts wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-uagb-section uagb-section__wrap uagb-section__background-color uagb-block-b20c5561-da0a-47a7-a39f-012e68ff5390\"><div class=\"uagb-section__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-section__inner-wrap\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-ccp-primary-light-color has-text-color\">Email your questions to<br><a href=\"questions@sciencefocus.com\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"questions@sciencefocus.com\">questions@sciencefocus.com<br><\/a>or submit on Twitter<br><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sciencefocus\">@sciencefocus<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<p>IMAGE: NATUREPL.COM, GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NATURE&#8217;S WEIRDEST CREATURES FRIED EGG JELLYFISH How do you like your eggs? If the answer is, \u2018fried, salty, and weirdly pulsing with life\u2019 then read on. With its yellow dome sitting on top of a smooth translucent bell, the fried egg jellyfish, Cotylorhiza tuberculata, bears an uncanny resemblance to the popular breakfast item. 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If the answer is, \u2018fried, salty, and weirdly pulsing with life\u2019 then read on. With its yellow dome sitting on top of a smooth translucent bell, the fried egg jellyfish, Cotylorhiza tuberculata, bears an uncanny resemblance to the popular breakfast item. 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