Jellyfish: An Ideal Model

Jellyfish stings are a major and increasing problem in Australia and require prompt medical treatment to prevent extensive injury or death (1). There are many methods to the treatment of Box Jellyfish envenomation in Australia; from sea water and ice, to vinegar and urine (1). Therefore, it is vital to remain relevant with current research and literature on the best treatment of this controversial topic, to ensure patients are receiving the best possible care. This paper will include a reflective paper on current literature pertaining to the topic and the practicality of interventions and methods of management in the out-of-hospital setting. Furthermore, utilising this information, a critique of current local clinical practice guidelines (CPG) and Justifications and recommendations for amendments will be made.

For many people, water is a source of relaxation and comfort, while others believe that it can be dangerous and deceiving, but often times people do not look at what lives among it. Whether it is a body of fresh water, or a body of salt water, many creatures lurk among the depths of seas, oceans, lakes, and rivers without gaining the attention of human beings. With this, a plethora of sea creatures that tend to remain hidden can harm human beings. People believe that sharks are the deadliest sea creature on the planet, however, this is a false statement. Sharks are most known for their terrifying attacks on humans, but they lack the qualities of a deadly creature.

You may remember seeing the cute, seemingly harmless jellyfish in children TV shows when you were little. These innocent little creatures wouldn’t do a thing to harm anyone or anything. Right? While many people believe so, jellyfish are capable of electricity loss for days, and killing tons of people, due to an increase in their population. However, to stop these monsters in disguise, breeding another specific type of jellyfish, and taking away their resources will get rid of the overpopulation.

It’s a beautiful day at the beach, the sun is shining down on you as you float and drift on top of the waves. As you lay there without a care in the world, you are suddenly interrupted by a massive swarm of jellyfish; also known as a bloom. Not only does this send you into sudden terror, it also causes a much bigger threat to the ecosystem below you. The excessive growth of jellyfish swarm drastically lowers the population of fish eggs in the ecosystem. Because of this, fishermen lose millions of dollars. People in local communities are figuring out ways to solve this mass production.

Introduction: Almost every place on Earth, from the surface of your skin to the bottom of the ocean, is teeming with living things. To keep track of the vast diversity of life, biologists historically named and classified organisms according to their appearance. The system of categorizing organisms is

The topic of my essay is going to about the mnemiopsis jellyfish and the harm the do to fish in the ocean specifically the black sea. The problem with them is that they eat the larva and eggs of the fish. In result, the people who fish in the black sea for a living are losing their product.

An entire new world, different from our own exists beneath the surface of our oceans. This life is full of color, shapes, sizes, wonder, and even darkness. Much of this life has yet to be explored but we still know that beneath the waves exist the most beautiful creatures and the most bizarre. Magical areas such as the coral reef and mysterious areas such as the depths of the ocean are homes to over 700,000 species that live in the ocean. This includes the eighty percent of the ocean that has yet to be explored. Even though there may be separate oceans on this planet, they are still interconnected by a body of salt water. No area of the ocean is the same, which brings us to the wonderful fact that so many different species are able to flourish

“They see something, walk up to it, pick it up, and maybe beat the crap out of it,” says Justin Marshall, referring to a commonly unknown creature called the Mantis Shrimp. This species often goes overlooked and unnoticed by most of the world and not just because it only grows 2-7 inches (“Peacock Mantis Shrimp” 1). Since it is such an unknown animal, many people do not know what it is or what makes it remarkable. How can the small mantis shrimp, a crustacean whose appearance is more like that of a clown than a ferocious beast, be worth noting in the different fields of science? They are more interesting than they seem. Mantis shrimp possess a vast array of fascinating physical features that set them apart from other sea-dwelling animals: their clubs

With her knowledge of journalism, Begley uses the resource she knows best-logos, which comes in the form of expert opinion. Begley, being an award-winning science journalist herself, calls on people well known in their field, including Sacha Spector, “who runs the invertebrate program at the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation at the American Museum of Natural History” (Begley 256). Begley uses the expertise of Spector to help form her article to its fullest potential by incorporating Spector's knowledge as a building block from which to construct her articles claims. Begley says that “‘Plants and invertebrates are the silent majority which feed the entire planet, stabilize the soil, and make all life possible,’ says Kiernan Suckling, cofounder of the Center for Biological Diversity” (Begley

The Cannonball Jellyfish is a species of jellyfish in the family Stomolophidae. It is a blueish brown bulb shaped similarly to a cannonball and thus has radial symmetry. For defense, it stings whatever gets close enough with its short jelly-shrouded tentacles covered in nematocysts. These nematocysts also dispense a mucus containing a toxin that scares away most predators.However, the venom that is used is rather impotent.For food, they trap small prey like plankton or larvae by trapping them in their mucus-covered mouth-folds. They move around by either following a current, or moving in such a way that they are propelled vertically in the way they are facing. These balls of fun generally live

Jellyfish can be seen in freshwater and saltwater inhabiting everywhere it goes. Some may see jellyfish depicted in media such as the television show “SpongeBob SquarePants” as a fun recreational sport of catching Jellyfish in butterfly nets. Though most may recognize the creatures as your worse nightmare on a beach and avoiding getting stung by them. However, researchers and explorers have found effects that jellyfish have on impacting the ecosystem and life style of others. These findings have shown a divide between the benefits and negative outcomes they have.

Jellyfish are beginning to take over. Although jellyfish are pretty to look at, they are causing damage to the ocean’s ecosystem. Jellyfish swim together in groups called swarms. According to Steve Hay, a Plankton ecologist “Science data shows that over the past few years there has been an increase in swarms of jellyfish”. Rosalind Foneman states “ Some species of jellyfish can release up to 40,000 eggs daily!” Therefore, you can understand how they are able to take over.

As a young undergraduate, I knew just enough about bivalves and brachiopods to explain their differences and similarities to an elementary schooler. Although both of these groups looked like clams, one subtle distinguishing characteristic I could call upon was their symmetry. If you were to split a bivalve in two, you would have two nearly-identical valves--bivalves had symmetrical valves. Such could not be said for brachiopods, for they had a distinct upper and lower valve. Brachiopods, by contrast, were symmetrical across their midline.

As a fan of natural history i always dream to create some animal world, a far different, mysterious world. Jellyfish are very interesting and beautiful animals. They are from deep ocean, i think they are the prefect theme for me.

It wasn’t until Aristotle’s time that written records of marine life was composed. Aristotle (384 BC to 322 BC) was the first to write about marine life, recording his observations made on or near the Island of Lesbos in Ancient Greece. He recorded identifications of a variety of species ranging from echinoderms to crustaceans to mollusks and even fish. Not only was Aristotle the first to write about his observations of marine life, he was also the first to record his work on the anatomy and physiology of marine animals and was the first to use a systematic taxonomy to classify these animals (Blits, 1999). It is because of his early work that Aristotle is often referred to as the father of marine biology and comparative physiology.