Box Jellyfish

The upside of rising jellyfish numbers? Many animals eat them

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The upside of rising jellyfish numbers? Many animals eat them
The upside of rising jellyfish numbers? Many animals eat them

Why box jellyfish always have four eyes on the sky

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Why box jellyfish always have four eyes on the sky
Why box jellyfish always have four eyes on the sky

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Box Jellyfish

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Box Jellyfish
Box Jellyfish

Jellyfish and human eyes assembled using similar genetic building blocks

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Jellyfish and human eyes assembled using similar genetic building blocks
Jellyfish and human eyes assembled using similar genetic building blocks
Box jellyfish evolved sophisticated eyes by independently recruiting the same gene networks that build vertebrate eyes
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