Some jellyfish can fuse together when injured to help their odds of survival, scientists have found.Comb jellies have been ...
The animals were fed small crustaceans that were filled with fluorescent material, researchers said, and they were able to ...
The combined comb jellyfish synced up their movements, melded their nervous systems, and even joined their digestive tracts.
The jellyfish-like animals were being held in a saltwater tank when researchers noticed one with an odd body shape. Jonathan Diemel via Unsplash For a creature that doesn’t have a brain ...
Comb jellies regenerate by fusing together after injury, sharing muscle movements and digestion, opening research into ...
Researchers found that two individuals of a type of comb jelly can fuse and become one with a shared nervous system and ...
A sea creature fuses with a pal to survive when it gets injured, reveals new research. Two comb jellies quickly turn into one ...
“They look like a jellyfish,” he says ... comb jellies he found back to the lab in Woods Hole and put them in a tank. One day, he went to check on them and a particular comb jelly caught ...