• Question: Why do jellyfish have tenticals

    Asked by Danica unicorn love🦄 to Jasmine on 14 Nov 2018.
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      Jasmine answered on 14 Nov 2018:

      Jellyfish have tentacles because they are covered in stingers which they use to catch prey. The venom in the stingers paralyzes their prey so that they can’t swim away. The jellyfish then forces the prey into their mouths. So the tentacles play an important role in the way that they feed.

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