Rare Giant Jellyfish - lacks stinging

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Extract: This past April, a rare giant jellyfish known as Stygiomedusa gigantean was spotted swimming in the Gulf of Mexico for the first time ever.

These animals are 3 feet in diameter across the "bell" or head, and have four tenticle arms that are 20 feet long. Although the creature's size makes it quite intimidating, it lacks the stinging capabilities of its smaller cousins.

You can see it on video if you click on the link.

Amazing Giant Compass Jellyfish

I found this amazing jelly fish on the beach today.

It is so beautiful

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Here are some interesting links about jelly fish:

http://www.vattenkikaren.gu.se/fakta/arter/cnidaria/scyphozo/aureauri/aureau1e.html

http://www.vattenkikaren.gu.se/fakta/arter/cnidaria/overcnid/nass01e.html

Here is a link which lists all the sealife on this website:

http://www.vattenkikaren.gu.se/fakta/systore.html#Maneter

Here is an interesting website: http://www.darkanddeep.co.uk/waves_lyme.asp

Giant Jelly Fish off UK coast

Find the full article here : http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20100615/tuk-swarm-of-toxic-jellyfish-found-off-u-45dbed5.html

Hundreds of giant venomous jellyfish have turned up at the Cornish coast in their search for food.Skip related content

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Swarm Of Toxic Jellyfish

The Lion's Mane jellyfish, or Cyanea capillata, have a sting which can cause muscle paralysis, leading to suffocation and heart attacks.

The swarm of newcomers was first discoverd by diver Andy Pearson, who was surrounded by more than 200 of them while looking for basking sharks at Sennen Cove, Coverack Cove and Kynance Cove in southern Cornwall.

The creatures, which can reach up to 10ft long, are normally found further north in the colder Arctic and northern Atlantic oceans, but the freezing winter has made the southern seas cold enough for them.

A giant deep-sea crab has been caught in a fisherman's nets off the Isles of Scilly

The aquarium believes the crab is only the eighth of its kind brought up in the UK since 1900.

Due to the great depths at which they live, relatively little is known about giant box crabs.

read more at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/8635572.stm