do sharks eat jellyfish too?
2006-11-20 14:12:09 · 8 answers · asked by skippy 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
The leatherback turtle eats jellyfish. Sharks don't generally eat jellyfish unless it is about to starve. Sperm whales may perhaps eat a jellyfish. They mainly eat squid, but will probably eat one because sperm whales love fillet. They eat giant octopus too when they get a chance. Mostly invertebrates.
Oh, and larger jellyfish will eat smaller jellyfish. The Lion's Mane jellyfish will eat moon jellies, for instance.
2006-11-20 17:09:01 · answer #1 · answered by Professor Armitage 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jellyfish have few predators not only because many forms can sting painfully, but also because they have practically no food value, being mostly water. The purple sea snails of the genus Janthina however, feed exclusively on the jellyfish relative Velella.
http://shells.webz.cz/janthina_janthina.jpg
http://www.dshoffman.com/velella.jpg
Also, the ocean sunfush, Mola mola, eats jellyfish, as do loggerhead turtles.
http://www.oceanlight.com/html/mola_mola.html
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2006-11-20 23:56:06 · answer #2 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Several salt water turtles eat jelly fish. I know the leather-back especially relishes them. The Green Turtle is also known to eat them. Also I must point point out that quite a few jelly fish are not efficient stingers. They do not possess the the nematocysts (I hope I spelt that right) to pierce large organisms.
I also believe that the Japanese eat certain jelly fish and regard them as delicacy. I figure McDonald's is not everyone cup of tea!
2006-11-21 05:44:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
bread fish
http://image.aving.net/img/2006/08/04/breadfish.jpg
maybe...spoonfish
http://spoonman.com/images/110a.jpg
http://www.tikilures.com/images/vibrations.gif
"...jellyfish have only a few predators because of the fact that they can sting..."
http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/hughes2001/acct/lzace/jellyfish.htm
"...the primary predators of jellyfish, however, are sea turtles, ocean sunfish, and blue rockfish. humans are also known to eat them..."
http://ambergriscaye.com/reefbriefs/briefs30.html
2006-11-20 22:23:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Look on ask.com. One article said that fishermen in Korea were having trouble with filefish eating jellies and another article referenced milkfish.
2006-11-20 22:22:22 · answer #5 · answered by Lizzy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am pretty sure nothing eats jelly fish
2006-11-20 22:13:46 · answer #6 · answered by pirate_ninjarawr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Penguins usually enjoy a bowl-full after feasting...
2006-11-21 17:34:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spongebob and Patrick
2006-11-21 03:18:17 · answer #8 · answered by Suga 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋