A WALNUT shaped jellyfish is thought to be the only creature alive with a disappearing anus. Biologist Sidney Tamm filmed warty comb jellyfish and discovered that their guts are not permanently ope…
The jellyfish is thought to be the only creature in the world with a disappearing anus5:40 pmBiologist Sidney Tamm filmed warty comb jellyfish and discovered that their guts are not permanently open 24 hours a day.The warty comb jellyfish is often referred to as the 'sea walnut' and has been observed only creating an anus when it needs to defecate.The nut like sea creatures eat a diet of small crustaceans and baby fish which they ingest through an opening similar to a mouth.
It has long been assumed that the two canals at the end of the warty comb jellyfish gut lead to two different exists but Tamm could not find one no matter how hard he looked. It was also observed that the jellyfish chooses which one of the canals it would like to form an anus at the end of and has never been observed using both.
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