{"id":28977,"date":"2010-10-10T16:00:10","date_gmt":"2010-10-10T16:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/photo-safari-%e2%80%93-lion%e2%80%99s-mane-jellyfish-in-an-amusing-case-of-tangled-tentacles-not-exactly-rocket-science\/"},"modified":"2010-10-10T16:00:10","modified_gmt":"2010-10-10T16:00:10","slug":"photo-safari-%e2%80%93-lion%e2%80%99s-mane-jellyfish-in-an-amusing-case-of-tangled-tentacles-not-exactly-rocket-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/photo-safari-%e2%80%93-lion%e2%80%99s-mane-jellyfish-in-an-amusing-case-of-tangled-tentacles-not-exactly-rocket-science.php","title":{"rendered":"Photo safari \u2013 lion\u2019s mane jellyfish (in an amusing case of tangled tentacles) | Not Exactly Rocket Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/6b30b_lions_mane_jellyfish_stuck2.jpg\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/6b30b_lions_mane_jellyfish_stuck1.jpg\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/39ffc_lions_mane_jellyfish_stuck3.jpg\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><hr><\/div><p>Have you ever been to an aquarium where large swarms of jellyfish swim around each other in a beautifully lit tank? Have you ever wondered how those drifting tentacles managed to stay untangled, when humans can&rsquo;t even manage to put a set of headphones in our pocket without ending up with a series of mind-bending knots? Have you ever wondered what would happen if jellyfish <em>did <\/em>get their tentacles in a twist?<\/p><p>Well, thanks to Monterey Bay Aquarium&rsquo;s jellyfish exhibit, I can tell you the answer to that last question: hilarity ensues. These are lion&rsquo;s mane jellyfish. They have no brain or <em>central <\/em>nervous system, which is fortunate because otherwise, they would probably die of embarrassment.<\/p><p>I shot these photos\/videos myself yesterday. The aquarium is incredible. More photos to come later today, and then tomorrow, some brand new science for you.<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/39ffc_1D6Azgt1my0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever been to an aquarium where large swarms of jellyfish swim around each other in a beautifully lit tank? Have you ever wondered how those drifting tentacles managed to stay untangled, when humans can&rsquo;t even manage to put &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/photo-safari-%e2%80%93-lion%e2%80%99s-mane-jellyfish-in-an-amusing-case-of-tangled-tentacles-not-exactly-rocket-science.php\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28977"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28977\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}