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Describes the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of many species of jellyfish, through simple text and photographs.

Box jellyfish are responsible for about 20 to 40 deaths in the Philippines each year. The sting of one species of box jellyfish can kill a person in 3 minutes! While these are some of the deadliest jellyfish, all species of jellyfish sting, both for defense and to hunt for food. Full-color photographs introduce readers to the growing population of jellyfish in Earth's oceans. From the strange-but-cool life cycle of the jellyfish to the specifics of...

Provides a very basic description of jellyfish.

Twelve-year-old Suzy Swanson wades through her intense grief over the loss of her best friend by investigating the rare jellyfish she is convinced was responsible for her friend's death. After her best friend dies in a drowning accident, Suzy is convinced that the true cause of the tragedy was a rare jellyfish sting. Retreating into a silent world of imagination, she crafts a plan to prove her theory--even if it means traveling the globe, alone....

Jellyfish are mysterious creatures, luminously beautiful with remarkably varied life cycles. These ancient animals are found in every ocean at every depth, and have lived on Earth for at least 500 million years. Jellyfish looks at their anatomy, life history, taxonomy and ecology, and includes species profiles featuring stunning marine photography

Provides information about the physical characteristics, habits, and behavior of jellyfishes and such related species as hydras, sea anemones, and corals.

Fed up with just drifting round the ocean with his shoal, Jeremiah Jellyfish trades places with the stressed-out director of the biggest rocket plane company in the world.