There are more than 2‚000 different types of jellyfish. Approximately 70 can hurt people with the box jellyfish being the most dangerous. Scientists believe that there could be as many as 300‚000 different species of jellyfish yet to be discovered” (Lehnardt). The box jellyfish is one of the most well know jellyfish‚ it also happens to be the deadliest. The most deadly jellyfish is named the Australian box jellyfish (as seen in the picture). “Box jellyfish‚ named for their body shape‚ have tentacles
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STONE FISH The Stonefish is another of Australia’s deadly marine creatures. They inhabit shallow waters along the coast. The stonefish is well camouflaged in the ocean‚ as it is a brownish colour‚ and often resembles a rock. This is why it is called the Stonefish. It has thirteen sharp dorsal spines on its back‚ which each have extremely toxic venom. Description The Stone Fish is a a mottled brown-greenish in colour (which makes them camouflaged) with many venomous spines along its back
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Jellyfish and Ocean Currents Mrs. Haske English 11 December 4‚ 2012 Outline I Introduction A. Statements about jellyfish B. Thesis statement: Jellyfish are mysterious creatures that live almost anywhere in the water and depend on ocean currents to move as well as create them. II Body A. What are jellyfish? 1. History of the jellyfish 2. Description of the jellyfish a. Where their body parts are located and what they do
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Topic: Over the past decade‚ jellyfish populations have increased in response to changing ocean conditions. Since jellyfish prey on the local fish population‚ an increase in jellyfish blooms affects our fisheries and leads to an unbalanced ecosystem. Requirement Reminders: At least 3 FULL pages (Reference List does not count as a page) Must have a clearly defined Thesis sentence Minimum 3 scholarly peer reviewed journals Minimal grammar mistakes‚ excessive grammar mistakes will result in loss of
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lights come from the phosphorescent glow of jellyfish. Although swarms of jellyfish can be beautiful‚ they can also be a central part of an ecological disaster in the making.” These sentences are quoted from writer Rosalind Fonem. She wrote about the effects of growing jellyfish population in her story called “Jellyfish Take Over”. The study of jellyfish population does‚ in fact‚ make her story true. In seas everywhere‚ the overpopulation of jellyfish has caused many fishermen to be out of jobs‚
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Are jellyfish ruining the Earth’s ecosystem with over population? Some people‚ especially fisherman‚ are concerned that this is true‚ but we need to continue to investigate these mysterious creatures to figure out solutions to this potential problem. For most beachgoers jellyfish are just a nuisance. During certain times of the year jellyfish tend to pop up on the shore line and make our beach day and little less carefree. Moms are reminding their children to pay attention for the jellyfish so they
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bodies still carry their shells and are turned into rock or sediment. Since zooplankton can reproduce so fast they can adapt to acidity better than bigger creatures. The only thing that we are not sure of is will acidification affect jellyfish. It’s possible that jellyfish can start to dominate the ecosystem if they can thrive in warm acidic water. Plants and algae are more than capable to thrive under acidic conditions. Seagrasses - form shallow water ecosystems along coasts that serve as nurseries
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stems from the rootlessness found in Evans’ characters. Her characters struggle to find a home‚ whether it be paternally‚ romantically‚ or internally‚ but they never quite make it there. The best example of this can be found in Evans’ short story “Jellyfish.” The two main characters‚ William and Eva‚ struggle with a multitude of internal issues.
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transvestite sounds “creepy” and bug-like. She believes that it is not about dressing up like a female but mentally and physically feeling like one. She explained that transgender is not a hobby and is purely about identity. In the chapter “They Aren’t Jellyfish at All”‚ Boylan says that most gender problems are encompassed in the term transgender and that a transexual is a person who does not feel their soul (“spirit”) connects with their body. I also learned that questioning gender starts at childhood
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freed from his tedious lifestyle. This leads me to hypothesize that this dream may signify how he subconsciously wants to be a child again. At the same time‚ the jellyfish is also a vulnerable animal‚ which leads me to believe that the patient’s lingering worries about being defenseless after escaping his life cycle condenses into a jellyfish. In this cnidarian form‚ he discovered that he had infinite freedom and mobility and lived in a surrealistic world‚ but this freedom is threatened by the yellow
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