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June 21, 2005
My attempt to summarize an article about jellyfish in today’s New York Times that I skimmed to the jump
Basically, what it was saying is that jellyfish are like people. Or not “like” people but more like people than previously thought because of ... a number of factors. They don’t have a mesoderm --- I think that’s the word -- that people and animals have but even so they’re, you know, kind of smart. Considering that they’re jellyfish. Although I don’t think they have brains, per se, but they have other stuff -- what do you call it? -- genetic material that’s awfully sophisticated. Relatively speaking. I mean, they’re jellyfish so it’s not like they can hop out of the water and join you for drinks and appetizers. As far as I know. But perhaps they could, eventually, if they tried really hard. That was pretty much the gist, more or less, from what I could tell.
Posted by teb at June 21, 2005 12:59 PM