Video of pretty jellyfish

QUEST on KQED Public Media has a nice video about jellyfish (and jelly kin) research. Visit the site for a high-res video.

They are otherworldly creatures that glow in the dark, without brains or bones, some more than 100 feet long. And they live just off California's coast. Join two top marine biologists who have devoted their careers to unlocking the mysteries of jellyfish and alien-like siphonophores.

Amazing Jellies

• [S2]

  Not sure if this is from the site redesign, this particular player, or just me, but this 40MB video fully loads each time I hit either the BB main page or this page. Ouch!

• [nox]

  Rule 34 on jellyfish mouths?

• [avraamov]

  “……aaaaaaand CUE THE OIL!”

  • [querent]

    I’m sorry, were we boring you with our concern over the most serious ecological disaster of this generation?

    • [avraamov]

      nope. only you were boring me…

      actually my post was motivated by concern rather than mockery.

• [Cowicide]

  The resolution of the video embed is very low. Here’s the video in much higher resolution:

  http://www.kqed.org/quest/television/amazing-jellies–siphonophores2

  There’s also a link towards the bottom-right for HD

• [simonbarsinister]

  Hmmm… listening to the narrator I get the distinct feeling that Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch) is about to put me in my place:

  “The jellyfish is… HEY FLEABAG, ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME? YOU HAD YOUR CHANCE, HAVE FUN FAILING THE JELLYFISH TEST TOMORROW”

  That is Jane Lynch narrating, isn’t it?

• [current]

  absolutely fascinating creatures