Through unique eyes, box jellyfish look out to the world above the water
Thursday, April 28, 2011 - 19:30
in Biology & Nature
Box jellyfish may seem like rather simple creatures, but in fact their visual system is anything but. They've got no fewer than 24 eyes of four different kinds. Now, researchers have evidence revealing that four of those eyes always peer up out of the water, regardless of the way the rest of the animal is oriented.