I just came across two blogs dedicated to all things jellyfish:
Who knew there were so many people interested in jellyfish to warrant such wonderful blogs! I admit spending a lot of my free time this weekend on these blogs reading about these fascinating creatures. I found the JellyBiologist blog on Beroe jellyfish, known for eating other jellyfish, fascinating. Here is a video of these jellies from the blog:
For prior Dr. Dolittle posts on jellyfish, see:
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