Great article, with a very solid intro the wonderful world of the Medusa, but how exactly are they revolting?

I know this is a series, and this article would not have been published outside it, but revolting? Jellyfis? They are kind of wonderful in my opinion, and other than the molluscs one of the most delightful of invertabrates.

The only revolting medusa are the strange and increbibly fascinating ones that make up part of the weird composite "creature" known as the Portugese Man of War. Now these are genuinely pretty creepy.

I suggest to the author to either retitle this series something along the lines of te strangest creatures you know nothing about, or return to the theme and write about the genuinely frightful nematodes or plasmodeum, or the extremely disgusting, to my eyes, Limulus. And then their are always Wasps.

Anyway loved the article!

irvingchang:

when the headline read spineless, revolting and noxious, i assumed she was talking about democrats.

For 5 minutes we've got a chance to talk about something other than cheap partisan politics here. Nature is the antidote to our petty bickering and caricatures of each other.

Can't you give the lame bloviating a rest? At all?

'For 5 minutes we've got a chance to talk about something other than cheap partisan politics here. Nature is the antidote to our petty bickering and caricatures of each other.

Can't you give the lame bloviating a rest? At all?'

no.

irvingchang:

'For 5 minutes we've got a chance to talk about something other than cheap partisan politics here. Nature is the antidote to our petty bickering and caricatures of each other.

Can't you give the lame bloviating a rest? At all?'

no.

Ah. Gotcha. "Hello, my name is... Troll"

My bad for feeding you.

What a sad, dull existence you must be living.

Sorry, but I half-agree with the 'revolting' tag - I love moon jellies, the aurelias, cross jellies and comb jellies - but the local Lion's Mane jellies are just really, really revolting. Their red underparts look like hanging intestines and raw, glistening meat. Ewwwww! I might like them better if they didn't sting - but they do.

There's also the matter of feel - one moon jelly in the hand can be fun, but swimming through jelly-infested waters can feel like sticking your finger in someone's eye - repeatedly. It just feels ... revolting.