You no longer have to take a trip to the coast to see how your favorite jellyfish are doing. The Monterey Bay Aquarium team now allows anyone to get an up-close look at some phenomenal-looking “jellyfish” species through a live sea jelly cam.
From 7 am to 7 pm Pacific Time, the live sea nettle (Chrysaora fuscescens) aquarium cam can be viewed below.
According to the Aquarium, “Watch as their long tentacles and lacey mouth-arms move smoothly through the water. But don’t let these unassuming invertebrates fool you—their graceful trailing parts are covered in stinging cells used for hunting. When their tentacles touch tiny drifting prey, the stinging cells paralyze it and stick tight. The prey is moved to the mouth-arms and then to the mouth, where it’s digested.”
Who needs to relax by a video of a roaring fire, when one can stream 12 hours of soothing jellies bouncing to and fro? Oh, what lovely jellyfish!
Image credit: Monterey Bay Aquarium