Comments on: The Bloodbelly Comb Jelly's Bad*** Soundtrack http://theartfulamoeba.com/2009/10/24/the-blood-belly-comb-jellys-bad-soundtrack/ A blog about the weird wonderfulness of life on Earth Fri, 07 Mar 2014 01:10:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.31 By: The Ciliated Oceanic Conveyor Belt of Doom http://theartfulamoeba.com/2009/10/24/the-blood-belly-comb-jellys-bad-soundtrack/comment-page-1/#comment-702 Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:55:54 +0000 http://frazer.northerncoloradogrotto.com/?p=1689#comment-702 […] Remember comb jellies? The awesomely awesome spacecraft-shaped transparent oceanic stealth predators? I did a post about their general biology for Halloween last year. […]

]]> By: Inspiration: Bloodybelly Comb Jelly « Pour Porter http://theartfulamoeba.com/2009/10/24/the-blood-belly-comb-jellys-bad-soundtrack/comment-page-1/#comment-130 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:52:27 +0000 http://frazer.northerncoloradogrotto.com/?p=1689#comment-130 […] suffer through some nerdy posts on occasion! Thanks to a recent post on the very cool science blog, The Artful Amoeba, I got to learn a bit about the bizarre and beautiful Bloodybelly comb jelly (Lampocteis […]

]]> By: Jennifer Frazer http://theartfulamoeba.com/2009/10/24/the-blood-belly-comb-jellys-bad-soundtrack/comment-page-1/#comment-129 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:02:22 +0000 http://frazer.northerncoloradogrotto.com/?p=1689#comment-129 Excellent Dune reference Captain Skellett!
*golf clap*

]]> By: Captain Skellett http://theartfulamoeba.com/2009/10/24/the-blood-belly-comb-jellys-bad-soundtrack/comment-page-1/#comment-128 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:25:55 +0000 http://frazer.northerncoloradogrotto.com/?p=1689#comment-128 Wow, that is very cool. Nice explanation on the blood belly as well, would never have thought of that! It’s like the cone of silence for your snacks.

]]> By: Jennifer Frazer http://theartfulamoeba.com/2009/10/24/the-blood-belly-comb-jellys-bad-soundtrack/comment-page-1/#comment-127 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:16:30 +0000 http://frazer.northerncoloradogrotto.com/?p=1689#comment-127 The “landing strips” are the combs. They’re lined with cilia (little hairs) that help the thing drift in a slightly less than random fashion.

And yes, Oroboros, who wouldn’t root for the crocs? What do you expect them to do if you poke them with a stick? : )

]]> By: Oroboros http://theartfulamoeba.com/2009/10/24/the-blood-belly-comb-jellys-bad-soundtrack/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:49:35 +0000 http://frazer.northerncoloradogrotto.com/?p=1689#comment-126 I saw an “animal bothering show” last night – Dangerous Encounters with Brady Barr. I mainly watched it because the description mentioned mantis shrimp. While I learned more about how it delivers its punch, I was still disappointed they left out the other cool details.

The mantis shrimp probably deserves its own show, with a soundtrack. And I usually find myself rooting for the crocs when Brady starts poking them with a stick.

]]> By: Jasper http://theartfulamoeba.com/2009/10/24/the-blood-belly-comb-jellys-bad-soundtrack/comment-page-1/#comment-125 Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:58:59 +0000 http://frazer.northerncoloradogrotto.com/?p=1689#comment-125 I can’t believe that creature is real – it’s awesome! and it’s scale-invariant, something very popular with us physicists: it could just as easily be the alien mothership on its way to Earth…

so what are the landing strips for? attracting prey i’m guessing?

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