Comb+Jellies-+Cestum+Veneris

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 * Common Name:** Comb Jellies
 * Scientific Name:** //Cestum veneris//
 * Class:** Scyphozoa
 * Location:** Live in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, Antartic waters, and the Mediterranean Sea
 * Size:** Can grow up to 5 ft in length and 3 in in width
 * Description of Habitat:** Live in the surface waters of the sea
 * Living Requirements:** They feed on small crustaceans and mollusks
 * Life Cycle of Animal:** Eggs and sperm float freely in the sea, where the sperm must first find the eggs, and the eggs are then fertilized. Fertilized eggs develop through a larval stage that hatches out of the free-floating fertilized egg and gradually grows into an adult
 * Male and Female Differences:** Hermaphodites
 * Interesting Facts:**
 * 1.** When spooked they use snake like movements to get away
 * 2.** They are capable of extraordinary regeneration; even if half of the creature is destroyed, often the remaining half can rebuild itself.
 * Threatened or Endangered?** Not endangered or threatened
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 * Zookeeper: Jessica Tolliver**