A Comb jelly or Sea Gooseberry (Pleurobrachia pileus) left on the sand by the retreating tide.
County Clare, Ireland.

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A Sea Gooseberry - these transparent little globes are types of comb jellies, possibly Pleurobrachia pileus.
County Clare, Ireland.

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File:Sea Walnut (Mnemiopsis leidyi) - Bærum, Norway 2021-08-15 (04).jpg - Wikimedia Commons

File:Sea Walnut (Mnemiopsis leidyi) - Bærum, Norway 2021-08-15 (03).jpg - Wikimedia Commons

File:Sea Walnut (Mnemiopsis leidyi) - Bærum, Norway 2021-08-15 (02).jpg - Wikimedia Commons

For the Blobfest #InsertAnInvert2024 prompt disco blob: This artwork combines my comb jelly, hand carved, hand-printed linocut, with painting and collaged gorgeous Japanese washi papers and multicolour, colour changing LEDs, and custom designed light filters to create a magical light box. The comb jelly lights up & produces every-changing, mesmerizing patterns of colour, with slow & faster flashing areas. 🧵

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This jelly is really two in one
No, you’re not seeing double. This translucent marine creature called a #seawalnut, which is a species of #combjelly, or #ctenophore, does indeed have two mouths and two “rear” ends—pores from which it ejects waste. Yet it wasn’t born with these double features.
Injured sea walnuts can join bodies and thrive again by merging some of their systems
https://www.science.org/content/article/jelly-really-two-one

A tiny sea creature called a comb jelly has a surprising role in human evolution, a new study reveals. This creature, which is not related to jellyfish, has a nervous system that is more complex than previously thought. The study suggests that the nervous system evolved independently in different branches of life, and that humans share some genes with comb jellies.

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https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/animals/a45209326/tiny-sea-creature-human-evolution/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=HariTulsidas%2Fmagazine%2FMind+and+Matter

This Blob Is the Size of a Grain of Sand. It's the Key to Unlocking Human Evolution.

The small, but mighty placozoan holds oceans of information.

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