Researchers from 4 UK Universities are tagging 10 Lion’s Mane and 20 Barrel Jellyfish. They are attempting to find out how long they live and have particular interest in them as a food supply for leatherback turtles.
Jellyfish are made up of around 98% water, but below the bell is quite a thick stem which it is possible to get a cable tie round. This is how they are attaching the bright orange-topped time depth recorders, which are designed to detach and float to the surface when a jellyfish dies. Hopefully they will then be washed ashore. The researchers are offering GBP 25 for handing in a tag. Although I can’t see that being much use to me as the 4 sites they are targeting are Rosslare and Dublin on the Irish coast and Carmarthen and Tremadog Bays in Wales.
The photo is from the BBC website, and you can read the full story here.
