Fantasy Fish 3
by Jennie Breeze
Title
Fantasy Fish 3
Artist
Jennie Breeze
Medium
Digital Art - Original Img_0517
Description
Digitally enhanced jellyfish. Jellyfish have been proven to be the most energy efficient swimmers of all animals. Sea jellies have translucent bodies with bell-shaped bodies, tentacles or oral arms and are members of the phylum Cnidaria. At the Long Beach Aquarium, jellyfish are referred to as sea jellies because technically they are not fish. They are a common free-floating scyphozoan that live in the East Pacific Ocean from Canada to Mexico. Sea nettles have a distinctive golden-brown bell with a reddish tint. The bell can grow to be larger three feet in diameter in the wild. The long, spiraling, white oral arms and the 24 undulating maroon tentacles may trail behind as far as 15 feet. For humans, its sting is often irritating, but rarely dangerous. They have proven to be very popular for display at public aquariums due to their bright colors and relatively easy maintenance. When provided appropriate aquarium conditions, the medusae do well under captive conditions. They are capable of both sexual reproduction in the medusa stage and asexual reproduction in the polyp stage.
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January 13th, 2013
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Svitozar Nenyuk
Very lovely artwork! L/F
Jennie Breeze replied:
Thank you very much Svitozar. I've added you to my Watchlist. Your paintings are very impressive.
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