Banana Jellyfish

Banana jellyfish, those banana shaped squishy things that you find on the beach. Not many people know what they are and if they have stingers. The answer is very interesting, the banana jellyfish is actually a conical moon snail (https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/416197-Conuber-conicum) egg sack! So what happens is the snail lays eggs in a casing, which grows due to absorption of seawater. There can be thousands of baby snails in the sack, so it's best not to squash and prod them even if they're not poisonous. Photos of more egg sacks - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/149395148 and https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/148617914

So there you have it. Banana jelly fish are actually sacks of thousands conical moon snail eggs!

Posted on 28 de dezembro de 2023, 09:57 PM by rangerpuffin