See an Ordinary Jellyfish From an Extraordinary Perspective

Fantastic photos, via Atlas Obscura.

Barrel jellyfish do sting, but they evolved to stun teensy plankton and pose little threat to much larger, relatively thick-skinned humans—online reference SeaLifeBase describes these unexceptional jellies as “rather not very irritant.” They’re not particularly smart either, as brainless jellyfish go, and often wash up on beaches because they’ve ventured into waters too shallow for their size.

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