AnimalsCoral Reef
Jellyfish Fun facts for kids
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The jellyfish lives in seas near the coast, all over the world and eats tiny sea animals and fish eggs.
- Where it lives
- in seas near the coast, all over the world
- What it eats
- tiny sea animals and fish eggs
- How big it is
- about as wide as a dinner plate
Fun facts about the jellyfish
The ones Sammy likes best. She tells them in the game, too.
It has no brain, no heart, no blood and no bones at all!
Moon jellyfish once flew into space on a space shuttle, more than 2,000 tiny ones!
A tiny jellyfish sprout splits into a pile of little discs, like saucers, and each one peels off as a new jellyfish.
If a young one loses an arm, it moves its other arms around so it looks even again.
It has eight tiny eye spots around its edge that feel light and can tell which way is up.
It is almost all water, so on the beach it dries into a thin flat film.
It catches food in sticky slime on its body, then tiny hairs sweep it to its mouth.
Huge crowds of them have blocked the water pipes of power stations and made them stop.
Riddle
Can a friend guess it?
Read the clues to someone, one at a time, without saying the animal. How many clues do they need? Fewer is better, just like in the game.
I live in seas near the coast, all over the world.
I catch food in sticky slime on my body, and tiny hairs sweep it to my mouth.
Once, more than two thousand tiny ones like me flew into space.
I have no brain, no heart, no blood and no bones at all.
I'm a soft, see-through bell that drifts in the sea, and if you swim too close, I can sting.
Sammy might be thinking of a jellyfish.
In Thought Zoo, Sammy picks an animal and you ask her yes-or-no questions to find it. You'll find the jellyfish in the Coral Reef adventure.
Play the Coral ReefComing to iPad, iPhone and Android on 12 January 2027
