Mangrove Forests: Brainless jellyfish wows scientists with its ability to learn

Mangrove Forests: Brainless jellyfish wows scientists with its ability to learn

In the dappled sunlit waters of Caribbean mangrove forests, tiny box jellyfish bob in and out of the shade. They are distinguished from true jellyfish in part by a complex visual system – the grape-size predators have 24 eyes. But like other jellyfish, they are brainless, controlling their bodies with a distributed network of neurons.That … Read more