Comments on: What is a jellyfish? http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/what-is-a-jellyfish.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 07:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: ZippySpincycle http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/what-is-a-jellyfish.html#comment-1126152 ZippySpincycle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126152 Billions of bilious blue blistering barnacles! Does this Haddock fellow hang out with a young English journalist who owns a white terrier? Billions of bilious blue blistering barnacles! Does this Haddock fellow hang out with a young English journalist who owns a white terrier?

]]> By: Mister44 http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/what-is-a-jellyfish.html#comment-1125899 Mister44 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125899 It makes you wonder how old sea life really is, as soft bodies like these are near impossible to preserve (though there are some around.) The Burgess shale fossils have some true aliens preserved. I can only imagine the crazy soft bodied beasts from long ago. If I had an armored sub time machine, I'd visit the Precambrian/Cambrian ocean. I imagine it would be scary and as alien as all get out. It makes you wonder how old sea life really is, as soft bodies like these are near impossible to preserve (though there are some around.)

The Burgess shale fossils have some true aliens preserved. I can only imagine the crazy soft bodied beasts from long ago.

If I had an armored sub time machine, I’d visit the Precambrian/Cambrian ocean. I imagine it would be scary and as alien as all get out.

]]> By: zorlac http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/what-is-a-jellyfish.html#comment-1126180 zorlac Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126180 My favorite BB post in a while. Great stuff. My favorite BB post in a while. Great stuff.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/what-is-a-jellyfish.html#comment-1125934 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125934 Insane Clown Posse is stumped too: "F***king Jellyfish, How Do They Work?" Insane Clown Posse is stumped too:

“F***king Jellyfish, How Do They Work?”

]]> By: travtastic http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/what-is-a-jellyfish.html#comment-1125965 travtastic Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125965 I've always been partial to Hallucigenia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallucigenia I’ve always been partial to Hallucigenia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallucigenia

]]> By: Mister44 http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/what-is-a-jellyfish.html#comment-1126231 Mister44 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126231 While not the most exciting of the creatures of that time, trilobites are and always will be my favorite. While not the most exciting of the creatures of that time, trilobites are and always will be my favorite.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/what-is-a-jellyfish.html#comment-1125985 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125985 The phrase you are looking for is <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism>"Nominative Determinism"</a> ... The phrase you are looking for is “Nominative Determinism” …

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/what-is-a-jellyfish.html#comment-1126243 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126243 I've always aspired to have a set of trilobites to use as shirt buttons. I’ve always aspired to have a set of trilobites to use as shirt buttons.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/what-is-a-jellyfish.html#comment-1125988 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125988 <a href="http://www.myspace.com/jbattt/music/songs/save-the-jellyfish-38867114">SAVE THE JELLYFISH</a> SAVE THE JELLYFISH

]]> By: teufelsdroch http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/what-is-a-jellyfish.html#comment-1126249 teufelsdroch Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126249 Seconded. What I love is the siphonophores, I think <a href="http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=Physophora+hydrostatica">Physophora hydrostatica</a> has it all over on hallucinogenia. What I really like is that most of them are so loosely aggregated that they can't even be observed outside of the deep sea. Seconded. What I love is the siphonophores, I think Physophora hydrostatica has it all over on hallucinogenia. What I really like is that most of them are so loosely aggregated that they can’t even be observed outside of the deep sea.

]]> By: chenille http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/what-is-a-jellyfish.html#comment-1126252 chenille Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126252 In truth, there are enough chances that it really looks like macroscopic animals aren't much older than that. But the first ones, the <a href="http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/vendian/critters.html">Vendian</a> fossils, are certainly as mysterious and beautiful as anything you might hope to find. In truth, there are enough chances that it really looks like macroscopic animals aren’t much older than that. But the first ones, the Vendian fossils, are certainly as mysterious and beautiful as anything you might hope to find.

]]> By: JonStewartMill http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/what-is-a-jellyfish.html#comment-1126003 JonStewartMill Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126003 This is why I come to Boingboing. Thanks. This is why I come to Boingboing. Thanks.

]]> By: Mister44 http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/what-is-a-jellyfish.html#comment-1126260 Mister44 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126260 That would be slick. Or cuff links.... not that I have ever worn them except for prom and my wedding. Baltic amber would be cool too. I have some nice pieces of that - the perk of having a Polish MiL. That would be slick. Or cuff links…. not that I have ever worn them except for prom and my wedding. Baltic amber would be cool too. I have some nice pieces of that – the perk of having a Polish MiL.

]]> By: freshacconci http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/what-is-a-jellyfish.html#comment-1126005 freshacconci Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126005 The fact that they just may be immortal is reason enough to be in awe of these wonderful brainless creatures. I have a brain and I will die vs. no brain and I'll live forever. Which do I choose? The fact that they just may be immortal is reason enough to be in awe of these wonderful brainless creatures.

I have a brain and I will die vs. no brain and I’ll live forever. Which do I choose?

]]> By: Gulliver http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/what-is-a-jellyfish.html#comment-1126538 Gulliver Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126538 <blockquote> I have a brain and I will die vs. no brain and I'll live forever. Which do I choose? </blockquote> Jellyfish have no internet connection. Or higher brain functions. So they can't ask the question. The real question is: Would you rather have a brain and die of old age, or be so fragile and defenseless that the only way your genes can ensure their survival is by not programming you cells to die?

I have a brain and I will die vs. no brain and I’ll live forever. Which do I choose?

Jellyfish have no internet connection. Or higher brain functions. So they can’t ask the question.

The real question is:

Would you rather have a brain and die of old age, or be so fragile and defenseless that the only way your genes can ensure their survival is by not programming you cells to die?

]]> By: entheo http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/what-is-a-jellyfish.html#comment-1126068 entheo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126068 Well travtastic, you can always get a plush Hallucigenia from Japan http://entheo.livejournal.com/30569.html or a plastic Hallucigenia made by UHA Dinotales http://cgi.ebay.com/UHA-Dinotales-Figure-Part-3-068-Hallucigenia-/370209313942 Well travtastic, you can always get a plush Hallucigenia from Japan
http://entheo.livejournal.com/30569.html

or a plastic Hallucigenia made by UHA Dinotales
http://cgi.ebay.com/UHA-Dinotales-Figure-Part-3-068-Hallucigenia-/370209313942

]]> By: JustOk http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/what-is-a-jellyfish.html#comment-1126072 JustOk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126072 Haddock? Like he had a dock, for like fishing and boats and stuff and that was the only reason he got hooked on fish-ish things? Haddock? Like he had a dock, for like fishing and boats and stuff and that was the only reason he got hooked on fish-ish things?

]]> By: blendergasket http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/what-is-a-jellyfish.html#comment-1125825 blendergasket Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125825 I love jellyfish. The bio-luminescent ones look like something out of a rather delightful hallucination. I love jellyfish. The bio-luminescent ones look like something out of a rather delightful hallucination.

]]> By: LogrusZed http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/what-is-a-jellyfish.html#comment-1125834 LogrusZed Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125834 "[Jellyfish] are 97% water or something, so how much are they doing? Just give them another 3% and make them water. " -Karl Pilkington “[Jellyfish] are 97% water or something, so how much are they doing? Just give them another 3% and make them water. ”

-Karl Pilkington

]]> By: drukqs http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/what-is-a-jellyfish.html#comment-1126119 drukqs Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126119 What is a jellyfish? If you ask a Chinese person, we'll answer, <i>delicious</i>. What is a jellyfish? If you ask a Chinese person, we’ll answer, delicious.

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/what-is-a-jellyfish.html#comment-1125867 Lobster Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125867 What ARE birds? We don't know. What ARE birds? We don’t know.

]]> By: gwailo_joe http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/what-is-a-jellyfish.html#comment-1126383 gwailo_joe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126383 Nautilus, y'all. . .Nautilus. Tentacles AND a shell??? Pfft. . .give em lasers and they'd rule the planet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nautilus Nautilus, y’all. . .Nautilus.

Tentacles AND a shell??? Pfft. . .give em lasers and they’d rule the planet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nautilus

]]> By: Mister44 http://boingboing.net/2011/05/31/what-is-a-jellyfish.html#comment-1125886 Mister44 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1125886 I LOVE deep sea stuff. There is a great book out there called The Deep that features a lot of these guys. I LOVE deep sea stuff. There is a great book out there called The Deep that features a lot of these guys.

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