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Why jellyfish?

Asked by Pam_I_Am (46points) August 17th, 2008
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I read that a fluther is a group of jellyfish, but was there a reason to choose jellyfish? As opposed to orangutans or mealworms or chickadees?

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jlm11f's avatar

Hey Pam, Welcome to Fluther ! If you check out this past thread and this thread, you should get your answer :)

Also, if you haven’t already, check out the FAQ

Randy's avatar

Yup yup. Great answer. ; ).

And Pam, welcome! =)

Lightlyseared's avatar

why not jelly fish?

Harp's avatar

I don’t know if this was intentional on the part of the Founders, but I find it especially significant that Siphonophores (the group jellies belong to) are colonial animals. Each jelly is a colony of specialized zooids—integral animal-like organisms—all doing their bit to make the whole critter work (more here)

Fitting metaphor, don’t you think?

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