Friday, March 21, 2014

The Crab on Purple Jellyfish

Photo: Small crab atop a much larger purple-striped jellyfish



Crab on Purple Jellyfish

Some animals, like these young crabs and some juvenile fish, can live unharmed among a jellyfish’s venomous tentacles. There, protected from prey, they feed on jellyfish leftovers like zooplankton or larval fish and remove parasites from their accommodating hosts.













(source:google/http://ocean.nationalgeographic.com/)

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