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Jellyfish illustration
Illustration by Norman Kekki
Inside Scoop
- Check out the parts of a jellyfish shown in the artwork. With a pumping motion, the bell, or umbrella-shaped body, helps a jellyfish move. The bell contains the mouth and stomach. The tentacles have stinging cells to poison prey. Most jellies have four to eight feeding arms, also used to capture food. Jellies eat tiny floating animals, fish, and even other jellies.

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