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The seas beautiful lion
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Lion´s mane jellyfish eats among other
things, other jellyfish....
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... and fish.
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The english name has in mind the fact
that it looks like a lion´s mane. Other similarities to
the lion also exist, its size and also that it is an
effective predator.
In Swedish waters, the lion´s mane jellyfish can be impressive,
with its 50 cm wide "umbrella" and its several metre long powerfull stinging
tentacles, also maybe a little frightening when you meet it. But the lion´s
mane jellyfish can be significantly larger. Reports of individuals with
"umbrellas" 2 metres wide, weighing 1 ton and catching prey with tentacles
30 metres long from colder, northern waters.
The lion´s mane jellyfish can eat
the same things as the moon jellyfish. Its most important source of
food seems to be moon jellyfish.
The lion´s mane jellyfish can kill and catch many types of fish, but
whiting has the fantastic ability to avoid capture and death. Nobody knows
why, but whiting can swim amongst the tentacles without activating the stinging
cells, even when it comes in direct contact with the tentacles
or mouth arms. Therefore the whiting can grow up in relative security,
without the risk of attack from fish of prey.
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Whiting finds security amongst the tentacles.
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