Gallery: Absurd Creature of the Week: The Beautiful But Deadly Undersea Raver That Digests Its Victims Alive

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    GIF: Nurie Mohamed/WIRED. Source: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW3sqB7RTIc">Monterey Bay Aquarium</a>
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    The-Lovely-Lobed-Comb-Jelly

    Ladies and gentlemen, the incredible comb jelly, which considers every day a rave. *Unce unce unce.*
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    S. Haddock, jellywatch.org
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    2beroe

    Comb jellies in the genus *Beroe* have no tentacles or lobes. Instead, they bite off chunks of prey or swallow them whole.
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    S. Haddock/MBARI
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    s-VelamenDSC-2874

    Comb jellies in the genus *Velamen* have totally exaggerated the lobate body type, flattening themselves into flying wings before getting the bad news that it's impossible to fly underwater.
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    S. Haddock/MBARI
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    haeckelia-rubra

    The tiny comb jelly *Haeckelia rubra*, less than half an inch long, snares jellyfish with thin tentacles.
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    S. Haddock/MBARI
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    s-BathyctenaDSC-3676

    A deep sea species in the genus *Bathyctena*. Having a red body in the deep makes you nearly invisible but also tends to make you look like lips.
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    S. Haddock/MBARI
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    Charistephane-0371

    A comb jelly of the genus *Charistephane*.
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