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These dreamy drifters know how to go with the flow.

Watch moon jellies move with the current as they pulsate their delicate, translucent bells. They sport several distinctive characteristics, including bright, petal-like gonads in the center of their bells and a fine stinging fringe that they use to hunt prey. Different foods can transform them into a kaleidoscopic array of colors. If they feed extensively on crustaceans, they’ll turn pink or lavender. An orange tint hints that they’ve been feeding on brine shrimp.

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Group of translucent moon jellyfish floating in deep blue water, their glowing bells scattered amid marine snow

Moon jelly

Moon jelly

This dreamy jelly is named for their translucent, moon-like bell.

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Translucent mauve stinger jelly with a pink ruffled interior and trailing pink tentacles against in dark deep water

Mauve stinger

Mauve stinger

A mauve stinger lingers in deep waters until nightfall.

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Translucent crystal jelly with long trailing tentacles glowing against a deep blue ocean water

Crystal jelly

Crystal jelly

The graceful and nearly transparent crystal jelly has long, delicate tentacles that flutter and float in the ocean.

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Translucent tower jelly with a bright orange interior and wispy tentacles floating in deep dark water

Tower jelly

Tower jelly

See that dangling fringe? Those tentacles catch and sweep bits of food into the tower jelly’s bell.

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