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What is the purpose of the tentacles on a jellyfish?
To capture prey.
Where do jellyfish eat?
Jellyfish can eat in shallow or deep water. They use their tentacles to capture their prey and pull the prey in to their mouths. The mouth of the jellyfish is located under the bell or head of the jellyfish. They are carnivores and eat animals such as shrimp, zooplankton, and small fish.
What do jellyfish and sponges have that specialized venomous cells used for defense and to help capture prey?
nematocyts :)
What do black widows use there venom for?
ALL spiders use venom to capture and digest their prey.
How are jellyfish and octopuses the same?
They both use there tentacles to capture there prey and the mouth is near the center of the body
What is nematocysts?
Nematocysts are the miniscule capsules that a jellyfish's tentacles contain. They are the tiny needles that jellies use to capture and paralyze prey.
What two functions do nematocysts perform?
Nematocysts are the stinging cells on tentacles of a cnidarian, like a jellyfish. Since jellyfish don't have any teeth, and their body consists of gelatin, it's hard to capture prey. Nematocysts help jellyfish with feeding by stinging the prey in an attempt at trying to immobilizing the prey.
Food adaptations for the moon jellyfish?
The moon jellyfish has a feeding tentacle that hangs at each corner of its mouth. The tentacle has stinging cells that are used to capture small prey and drag it to its mouth.
What does a jellyfish use its tentacles for?
Jellyfish tentacles have a variety of jobs. Their main purpose is to capture food. Usually they trail behind the jelly to fish for prey. Once contacted, tentacles have specialized cells that sting, stick to, or entangle the prey to immobilize it. The tentacle then contracts and draws the prey towards the mouth of the jellyfish, where oral arms push the food into the oral cavity for consumption. Tentacles sometimes are also used to aid locomotion, grasp onto substrates, and ward off enemies.
What type of animal uses toxins on nematocysts to capture prey?
jellyfish and mosquitoes are two creatures that have nematocust a stinging cell used by animals hunting and stunning their prey
What do blue bottle jellyfish eat?
The Blue Bottle feeds on small fish and other small ocean creatures. They capture their prey with their tentacles, where a poison is released leaving their prey stunned. The tentacles attach extremely well to their prey. If a tentacle is put under a microscope it looks like a long string of barbed wire, which shows the ability of this jellyfish to kill its prey.
How long do jellyfish eat?
It takes about an hour for a jellyfish to digest a "meal".
