Mrs. Doerr
E.L.A. 8th grade
February 3, 2016
“Box Jellyfish” Box jellyfish are special in many different ways. They have unique talents and characteristics. Box jellyfish live in tropical waters. They also have very complex body systems. Box jellyfish are one of the few endangered species of jellyfish. Box jellyfish are rare and are very hard to see. Box jellyfish are really deadly to humans and animals. Box jellyfish have a lot of foods that they enjoy to eat. They barely have any predators that enjoy them. Box jellyfish are one of the most unique sea creatures in the world. Box jellyfish are very dangerous creatures. Box jellyfish are highly poisonous and give off a potent venom. Box jellyfish hazardous venom is perilous to …show more content…
They are in the Chirodropidae family and their phylum is Cndaria. Box jellyfish are in the kingdom of Animalia. Box jellyfish have a square or box form. They get their name, box jellyfish, from the impression of their physiques. Box jellyfish nickname is Sucker Punch Jellyfish because victims cannot see the box jellyfish coming to attack them. They are the fastest swimming jellyfish in the world. Box jellyfish can swim up to six meters every second, or sixty meters per minute. (“Brookings school district”). Box jellyfish are one of the most rapid swimming sea creatures in all of the world. (“Box Jellyfish- Animals Facts and …show more content…
They have sixty tentacles and they are in clusters of fifteen. Box jellyfish tentacles are fifteen centimeters when they are swimming, and their tentacles are three meters long when they are hunting for their food. Box jellyfish have an unbelievable swimming speed. (“Brookings school district”). Box jellyfish look a little like an umbrella. They move with ease. Box jellyfish can swim up to sixty meters a minute, and still keep control of their swimming. Going at fast paces, box jellyfish can still direction they are going. Box jellyfish swim without using a whole lot of energy. They have lightning speed and still have a lot of energy left. Box jellyfish use currents of water to float across the ocean to relax. They let the wind carry them, whenever they are exhausted. Box jellyfish do not sleep. Box jellyfish have built up energy to keep them going, with only relaxing to calm them down. (“Box Jellyfish- Animals Facts and