Friday, June 12, 2009

Where Do They Live And Other Questions!!!


This is a map of where the box jellyfish live.

The main three places where box jellyfish live are Indonesia,Australia And New Zealand (The shaded part of the map is where box jellyfish live)


Trivia Facts:90-100 or more people die a year from box jellyfish stings.The main place of Box jellyfish deaths are in the Philippines.

Box Jelly eat mainly zoo plankton, smaller fish and in some cases other jellyfish. They can live for 5-10 years!!!
They are mainly eaten by spadefish, sunfish and loggerhead turtles!!!

Did you know?

Hello
This post will be about special "Did you know?" facts about box jellyfish.

  • They are more dangerous than a great white shark
  • Jellyfish sleep and have a siesta in the afternoon
  • They can kill a human in 3 minutes
  • A group of jellyfish is called a smack
  • They belong to the Scyphozoan family of invertebrate
Hope you enjoyed these facts!!!

Max
Riley
Taryn

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Welcome!


Hi Everyone
This is my new blog "Box Jellyfish."
We will be displaying all information on this blog.
I hope everyone enjoys this blog and we will try to keep it updated.

Max Taryn Riley