The Jellyfish That Hunts Its Prey

A beautiful, commonly-filmed denizen of the deep is intriguing beyond its stunning appearance: Solmissus, the dinner plate jellies, are known to actively hunt their prey despite not having a brain. These creatures have been featured in a handful of videos on this channel, but never examined in-depth-- until now.
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00:12 "Just Implants" by CO.AG
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04:39 "Awareness Fade - First Movement" by CO.AG
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11:02 "Abnormal" by Rob Endraus [Slowed Down]
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16:21 "Depth" by Rob Endraus
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What else lurks within the abyss?
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[@pimpozza]

Can't believe it.. another upload and such *perfect timing!* Here I am at Ancona Airport, looking for something to watch late at night whilst waiting for my friend's very delayed flight.. and up pops a jellyfish video!! How I love (and hate! 😆) those amazing medusas! How I appreciate my beloved DSO! 💚🦑🎐🙏

[@DeepseaOddities]

So glad the timing worked out!! Thanks so much for watching, dearest Pimpozza ^_^ 💚

[@pimpozza]

@@DeepseaOddities I appreciate you *SO MUCH!* 💚🦑

[@xonxt7479]

i love it when dso videos tackle specific creatures in depth

[@dv8044]

That used to be the norm before he did more list videos, and I'm not trying to be mean, I just wish DSO would go back to focusing on individual animals, rather than just doing essentially rov compilations like evnautilus does.

[@DeepseaOddities]

@@dv8044 That's totally helpful feedback that I appreciate to hear. At the end of the day I want to make videos that please as many people as possible, which seemed to be the Countdowns for a long time, but they've gotten a bit old and the view counts have been reflecting that for some time. I wanted to go back to my roots a bit with this video for exactly the reason you described-- going more in depth on a single creature than I do in a list video. Thanks for watching and for the honest feedback!

[@dv8044]

@@DeepseaOddities No problem, I just hope videos like this become more common, and that if there are countdown videos, I'd like if they had more facts about every animal on the list, like with your most recent shark list video.

[@danilodistefanis5990]

10 tackles 😅

[@MrsCaranAmy]

It seems to me these jellies are at the top of the jellyfish food chain. They are very graceful to watch as they swim. Thank you 💖🤗🌟

[@peterson8261]

Boa tarde ao Canal Deepsea Oddities trazendo um video incrível com imagens espetaculares de Jellyfish dos canyons marinhos do Japão. Gosto muito de ver a beleza dessas espécies. O Canal esta de parabéns e que continue nos presenteando com seu trabalho.

[@naugle67]

There is danger hidden inside beauty and grace.

[@Lux_EternaxX]

That thing at 4:15 on the ROV looks like a submachine gun 😂 gonna hunt some JELLYS!

[@3zooz.H]

Happy day ❤

[@Lintlikr1]

the various forms life takes is truly facinating

[@posticusmaximus1739]

Enter... the murder jelly

[@raulcorral2165]

The little cousin of the "black carpet", maybe ?

[@alanatolstad4824]

I can't imagine the pain from even one of those tentacles, but you'd never escape w/o getting the full deal.

[@GeneralLeia]

I just always assumed they were all malevolent predators that actively sought to terrify me whilst swimming.

[@paulroberts7429]

Jellyfish do have brains just not conventional ones, they have highways of neurons for decision making, numerous jellyfish species have been observed deploying a probe at certain depths, its unclear purpose of the probe or function.

[@庫倫亞利克]

"Highways of neurons" sound suspiciously like "brains" though.

[@paulroberts7429]

@@庫倫亞利克 Scientist discovered something similar in slime mold, slime mold designed Tokyo subway.

[@pimpozza]

Jellyfish don't actually have a brain.. They have a nervous system but they lack a "control centre" for their nervous system, (i.e. a brain) They do have a network of cells called a "nerve ring" which interacts with clusters of nerve endings found along the edge of their bell (the jellies' sensory centres).. This network of cooperative nerves somehow allows them to perform required tasks like feeding and swimming.. fascinating creatures! 🎐👍

[@paulroberts7429]

@@pimpozza Cheers thanks for that, very fascinating.👍

[@buddhathashoota4350]

Ima show this to ladies and be like “any is this u” and when they like “wtf” I’ll be all “cause u lookin’ like a solmissus” that’ll get ‘em

[@melodyszadkowski5256]

Are the sci-fi movies makers onto this yet?

[@DeepseaOddities]

Good idea👀

[@gabby5631]

Yeah for real who cares about space the real aliens are down below

[@headfullofwater237]

Dinner on a plate

[@FerrexShelby-ed9hg]

question: do they just eat jellies or do they eat other things like really small fish?

[@sheilaathay2034]

🎉❤

[@burekpizzaaaqq]

love the

[@nickfrost9771]

As an unclassified, brainless, eyeless blob without features. Yet displays intelligence. Can we assume this is a life form from elsewhere which hitched a ride to earth via some space object? Please all, include your thoughts of what jellyfish actually are. Cheers...