For one species of comb jelly, survival from injury can come down to numbers. Two Mnemiopsis leidyi– aka the sea walnut–can fuse together and turn into one after an injury. These bioluminescent ...

Scientists have discovered, by accident, that warty comb jellyfish can fuse together when injured to form a single organism. After capturing a bunch of these so-called “sea walnuts” from the western ...

The scientists suspected that this one was actually two, that had somehow fused together after being injured. To investigate, they removed part of the lobes from multiple comb jellies, and placed them ...

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