What is a Gelatinous Animal?
Many people know jellyfish and other gelatinous animals only as unidentifiable jelly-like blobs on the beach. Jellyfish are also often treated as a scourge, deadly creatures that should be avoided due to their venomous sting. In reality, jellyfish and other gelatinous animals are among the most beautiful and stunning animals of the sea. Although a few types may present some danger to people, most are harmless. And you won’t need to worry about dying after a jellyfish encounter on the Pacific coast – we don’t have anything like the deadly sea wasp (box jelly) of Australia. Take a jellyfish out of water and it collapses into a quivering blob. The disparate creatures comprising the gelatinous animals are united by having bodies lacking hard skeletal components. With tissues composed of 95% or more water, they are usually exceedingly delicate and easily damaged, with a gelatin-like consistency. Unlike a fish, which retains its form when out of water, a jelly requires the support provided b
