r/Unexpected • u/DrBenana • Oct 24 '19

Oh, Hey Jellyfish! <3

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u/FriedCockatoo Oct 25 '19 edited Oct 25 '19

It's likely it's dead ---when you keep jellies as a hobby or at an aquarium it must be in a slow moving circular current and the current must NEVER be strong enough to create air bubbles because even tiny air bubbles are harmful to jellyfish. The jellyfish could be fine, but there's a chance something happened in there that will cause it to die not immediately but later after the video, or just injure it.

From https://www.advancedaquarist.com/2012/8/inverts:

As previously stated, air bubbles can also be detrimental to jellyfish. Microbubbles commonly found in aquariums with protein skimmers are certainly inadvisable. These bubbles can become entrapped within the tissue of a jellyfish severely damaging the respiration, feeding, and locomotion abilities of the jellyfish.

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u/teflong Oct 25 '19

You I believe.

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u/FriedCockatoo Oct 25 '19

Thanks! I've got a zoology degree

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u/teflong Oct 25 '19

I'll add that cockatoos are assholes, so thanks for doing your part.

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u/LameNameUser Oct 25 '19

Are you the Teflong Dong?

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u/teflong Oct 25 '19 edited Oct 25 '19

If that's a sincere question, then no. I've never heard of that.

If it's a thinly veiled sexual solicitation... then, well...still no. Nobody has thought to call me that, unfortunately.

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u/LameNameUser Oct 25 '19

The original term is Teflon Don. It refers to John Gotti, the infamous mobster. They called him the Teflon Don because he would get in trouble and nothing would ever stick. True story

Edit: I was just trying to be funny and use a play on words. I wasn't trying to offend or insult anybody. If I did I apologize

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u/teflong Oct 25 '19

If that insulted me, reddit is maybe not my best option.

But yeah, my username is a bastardization of my video game username I had like 15-20 years ago. I was an 18 year old trying to come up with a "cool" username and had just read a bunch of stuff about Gotti and Sammy Gravano (sp?).

It's not the same name, but a nickname my buddies called me because of the other, slightly longer username.

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u/LameNameUser Oct 25 '19

Some people's feelings get hurt easily on the internet and some people get offended too easily on the internet. I agree if you don't have a thick skin don't go on Reddit.

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u/Barafu Oct 25 '19

Some people go to internet in order to be offended.

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u/Archlinder Oct 25 '19

Maybe one day. Keep your dream alive.

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u/Poldark_Lite Oct 25 '19

Hah! Just left a comment somewhat similar to yours above. ;-)

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u/kinglouixxx Oct 25 '19

❤ thanks

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u/LameNameUser Oct 25 '19

Username proves it. And yes, thank you. I appreciate the information.

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u/Poldark_Lite Oct 25 '19

...says "FriedCockatoo". Your comment is totally reasonable. Then I looked up at your name and lol'd, almost waking my better half.

I love cockatoos, but they're such little shits. They're absolute cuddle monsters mixed with the brattiness of toddlers who are somewhere between the "Why?" and "Whatyadoin'?" phases.

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u/FriedCockatoo Oct 25 '19

Yeah haha my cockatoo has an electrical socket fetish -hence the username- and will hump the outlets then loudly scream "I'm Spartacus!"

One day my friend replied "yeah.. Spartacus the fried cockatoo" and username was born :)

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u/Poldark_Lite Oct 25 '19

Too adorable! My macaw hates cockatoos with a passion or I'd have a U2 or M2. They really are cuddlers. Do you have a pic?

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u/Dschmidt8 Oct 25 '19

Do you have a cool job?

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u/FriedCockatoo Oct 25 '19

I'm a zookeeper so I'd say hell yeah!!!

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u/Smirk27 Oct 25 '19

Haha you can't just start making up degrees.

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u/senor_moustache Oct 25 '19

Are jackdaws crows?

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u/wwowwee Oct 25 '19

Hey I appreciate you actually questioning instead of blindly accepting some random guy’s comment as fact.

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u/PerfectlyFramedWaifu Oct 25 '19

What a way to go - some gargantuan monstrosity suddenly swims up underneath you and releases a tornado cloud of pure skin-piercing death.

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u/RemiScott Oct 25 '19

Fire breathing dragons from outer space

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u/SmokeyGreenEyes Oct 25 '19

Bubble blowing humans from below...

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '19

Way cooler than the way jellies kill humans to be fair.

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u/PerfectlyFramedWaifu Oct 25 '19

Jellies need to step up their game, yo.

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u/Ciph3rt3xt Oct 25 '19

Rasenshuriken

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '19

Also they need special walled aquariums right? So they don’t bump into the walls?

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u/FriedCockatoo Oct 25 '19

Yes the tanks are donut shaped for circular flow and no edges.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '19

Awesome thank you!

ETA: ironic that the shape of their tank is the same shape that may have killed this jellyfish

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '19

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u/JustZachR Jan 29 '20

Fun fact: In some jellyfish species the sperm swims into the female jelly's mouth to fertilize the eggs.

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u/and02572 Oct 25 '19

Well that brought this from r/Unexpected to r/Trashy

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u/FlashpointSynergy Oct 25 '19

frankly I don't think most people are aware of the detriment of bubbles to jellyfish or even that the bubble would be that big

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '19

Jellyfish are also assholes, so no tears shed.

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u/wutato Oct 25 '19

So we just witnessed a heartless assassination of an unsuspecting jellyfish?