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The Box Jellyfish is a very evolved animal.

The Box, which is native to the


shallow seas of Northern Australia and the Indo-Pacific area, is one of the most
deadly marine critters. The pale blue and transparent cubic bell has 15 10-inch
tentacles, each with around 5,000 stinging cells. The sting is highly painful and
fatal, and any survivors will be scarred for life. It has a one-year typical lifetime.
The majority are around 10 feet long by 10 feet wide and weigh up to 4.4 pounds.
They can travel at speeds of up to 4.6 miles per hour (four knots).

Pink Comb jellies swim along the surface of shallow and deep waters in the lower
Chesapeake Bay area throughout the late summer and fall. These golf-ball-sized
marine critters have barrel-shaped combs that form brilliant iridescent bands as
they glide through the water. Instead of stinging, their tentacles contain colloblasts,
which generate a sticky, glue-like material to capture prey. Because they have both
male and female organs, they can fertilize themselves. The pink to brownish
translucent Comb Jelly is four inches long and feeds on sea walnuts, planktonic
creatures, and fish larvae.

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