Moon Jellyfish, The Best Pet Lava Lamp?
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- Опубліковано 19 лис 2021
- Moon jellies (Aurelia aurita) are whimsical, fascinating, alien animals. Jellyfish are such unusual creatures. But did you know that you can keep a moon jelly as a pet? You can. But is the moon jelly a good pet? To find out, we headed over to the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium in Draper Utah to find out if the moon jellyfish the best pet cnidarian for you.
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Cnidarians are always cool to me because they feel like animals that thought really hard about becoming fungi or plants but decided to go with just barely squeaking through on being an animal.
They're one of the great testimonies to biology lacking really defined boundaries.
Closer to fungi, fungi are more closely related to animals than plants because they "breath" oxygen and expell carbon dioxide just like we do.
@@Horny_Fruit_Flies Well... I'd call it a testimony to convergent evolution more than anything else. Just trying to reach a simular result with different ressources.
Based on the zoology class I am taking in high school (not that it gives me much expertise) being an animal is not a high bar at all. Sponges are also animals. Cnidarians do well more than barely squeak through.
@@haunted5311 sort of, there's actually also cnidarians who get their food through photosynthesis like plants. They use symbiotic cyanobacteria to turn light and carbon dioxide into sugar.
Jellyfish are simultaneously one of the most boring and one of the most interesting animals
@ImACaveSpider they are predators and are truly tentacular creatures, but the appeal couldn't be more different. Jellyfish are extremely simple creatures, they chill in the current to the whims of what the world gives them. squid are extremely active, incredibly intelligent, beautiful little sociopaths
@ImACaveSpider so far as I am aware squids came about in the Devonian
Cephalopods as a whole came about around the Cambrian, but they've had plenty of time to diversify and loose their shells (except for the nautilus, they like their shells)
@ImACaveSpider complexity and lifespan aren't really indicative of one another. Cuttlefish and squids are neighbors in the tree of life, but cuttlefish on average have shorter lifespans
Lifespan is less a function of complexity or intelligence, the closest link I know is metabolism if anything.
The less active a creature is the longer it tends to live(this is a rule of thumb and absolutely not universal) tortoises and clams are some examples of this trend.
However they are beautiful and so graceful.
Some are simple; some species have evolved eyes and even actively navigate their environments. They present quite an interesting study in an alternative to a central nervous system.
Moon jellyfish were on my "things I'll get once I'm rich" list, however now that I've heard how much work they require I think I'll just enjoy seeing them in a public aquarium.
But if you’re rich you can hire someone to take care of them for you.
@@Annie_Annie__ I was gonna say the same thing! Heck, you could turn your moon jelly exhibit into an income source!
go for the season pass to the aquarium
Even if I could hire someone to take care of my pet, I probably wouldn't. I want a pet, not an object that somebody else keeps alive.
mood
If only Clint could travel back before the cambrian and cover trilaterailly symmetrical animals
lol nice
“Are trilobites the best aquatic pet for you?”
Availability...
T.A.R.D.I.S
dependent.
Chambered nautilus?
@@CandiceLemonSharks That would not be quite as troublesome to raise as jellyfish!
While I'm not interested in having dang near any of these creatures as pets, I do love learning about them. Thanks for the videos!
Couldn't agree more! I came to Clint's channel because I'm going to get a Bearded Dragon as a pet and I heard Clint is a true pro with them. Not only is he a reptile pro...he's just a straight up biology pro and his content is so interesting.
Edit: I saw at the time of this comment there are 9 dislikes on this video....who the hell is disliking this? Clint is such a nice and enthusiastic guy...and I find it hard to believe any of this information is incorrect seeing as he went to the jellyfish pros for this video. So the dislikes leave me very confused
Joe Renda I’m with you on this I’m not sure what kind of person wouldn’t like Clint. Also you will love your beardie I just got one last week and they are so awesome.
@@jman5404 Right that’s exactly what I’m saying. And thanks very much! I’m really looking forward to getting my little buddy too
I actually chose my favorite pet thanks to this channel lol.
@@sauronthegreat489 right. I had never had a desire to have reptiles before I started watching a few months ago now I have a Rosy Boa and the beardie already and looking for a python now lol
As a fellow jellies aquarist, this. All of this. There is so much work that goes in to caring for jellies and you need to pay a lot of attention to detail. If the flow is too high or low, or too much debris or algae, it's really easy for the jellies to all get damaged and not recover. Keeping a live brine shrimp hatchery is a project in itself let alone rotifers, or other food options.
If a moon jelly is out of the question in your actual home, you can go ahead and catch some in animal crossing (ACNH) and display them almost anywhere you want
Now that you’ve done a radially symmetrical organism and bilaterally symmetrical organisms, you should do hermit crab next, then you’ll have asymmetrical too
I'm actually a little surprised he hasn't done hermit crabs yet just because they're such a common pet.
@@sixoffcenter80 Yeah, I don't think I've been to a pet store that didn't have them. They've gotta be like the single most available pet.
@@sixoffcenter80 It may be because hermit crabs are all wild caught and the way they're handled/sold is so disgusting he doesn't want to encourage it.
@@ericmiles11 I've seen that there are people that have been successfully breeding them in captivity now! You're absolutely right though, all of the ones you see in pet stores are wild caught and there are some disturbing practices that happen especially trying to get them into the painted shells that basically poison them. They really shouldn't be as common as they are... they can live up to (if I remember correctly) 15 years... yet because of wide spread misinformation and bad husbandry the usually only make it a year. I was one of those kids and now that I know better I'm horrified at the thought of what I put mine through. I feel like they get the same treatment as goldfish/bettas do in that they're "easy"... easy doesn't mean getting a pass on researching proper care and giving the animal a good quality of life.
@@ericmiles11 I’d say that’s exactly why he’d want to make a video about them. I have several large hermits I’ve raised since they were tiny but if I could go back I’d have picked a different animal for my kids if I’d have done my research before hand
Definately feels like these are one pet that is better left to the pros.
The best pet cnidarian if you just want a cnidarian, is a colony of mojano anemones. Considered a pest by us reef keepers they are hardy, reproduce readily, colorful, fun to feed, need minimal light, tolerate a wide variety of water conditions. Probably easier and cheaper than a goldfish in a proper set up and you can also keep a fish with them. Perhaps a beautiful, captive bred clown fish.
Are they cool colors? Or just plain?
@@jendubay3782 green, blue, red, brown. A lot depends on genetics, lighting and food like most cnidarians. There are some pretty intense discussion about how to get the best color out of our pet cnidarians. Less so about mojano anemones but still applicable to them
if you were to make an aquarium just for majanos, you might as well just get soft corals tbh but i've always wondered if anyone did those anemone jars with majanos
I really wanted moon jellyfish when I was a teenager, I'm so glad my mom said no. They seem like a lot of work. Still they are beautiful and mesmerising animals
8:38 She may actually have just solved a childhood mystery of mine!
We went to a fish shop once, and they had a tank that had white, translucent "orbs" swimming in it. For years I thought those were baby jellies, until I realised that's not what they look like, so for a couple more years now, I've been wondering what those were.
This is the likeliest thing now: Jellies that didn't pulse enough.
Aaaah Elsa seemed nervous but she did great! Jelly fish are my favorite animals on the planet. I just don't have the skills to keep water animals lol so I keep my second favorite, snakes lol
Boa gang!!
@ImACaveSpider tbh that would be dope. Sea slugs in general are so diverse and incredibly beautiful.
@@vando6679 Lol, there's one type that literally the looks like Pikachu.
I never thought of having a pet jelly fish, but now that you mentioned it, it does seem cool
"some cnidarian stings can make you dead" the way he said this line made me laugh really hard for some reason. i love this man.
And some cnidarian stings make you wish you're dead
@@crowdemon_archives I must have been stung by a cnidarian then
The most difficult thing about jellyfish in general is their amazing issue with corners, or really _any_ obstacle, hard or sharp surface, and currents.
That sounds like badly programmed NPCs in video games.
@@Horny_Fruit_Flies HA
Bold of you to assume I can't get attached to a house plant or a pair of shoes
I get very attached to house plants
National Aquarium in Baltimore has/had a touch tank with moon jellies, where visitors can (under the supervision of a staff member), pet the top of a moon jelly. One of the coolest aquarium touch tanks I've ever seen.
Did you touch it? And if so, what does it feel like?
I remember that aquarium... Probably my favorite one out of all the aquariums I ever visited. The Australian Lungfish tank with the Toxotes was really cool. They also had a few shingleback skinks, I think.
@@fallen_leaves1674 also my favorite aquarium. I loved seeing all the rare Turtle species and all the birds they have.
@@Thames.Chiratt I did touch them, but it's kinda hard to describe what they felt like, especially since it was a number of years ago now. They felt a lot smoother than I expected, smooth and slippery.
@@Thames.Chiratt you ever "hold" an Axolotl? Like the float & sit in your hand? Or pet their head? Its almost just like that somewhat slimey feeling.
I was optimistic because moon jellies don't require the expensive lighting that many corals do, but that looks like WAY too much maintenance. Are they the best cnidarian? Not for most people. Try coral or anemones instead.
Jellyfish are related to corals? I thought corals were plants.
@@necrogenesis1981 corals are animals
They are called polyps and they form colony and build shells which become the coral
@@angryboi801 They're weird creatures, they seem to behave like plants because they seemingly never move.
@@necrogenesis1981 well why should they leave the safe coral in which they live in?
@@angryboi801 That's true, I was mostly referring to the way they look, they tend to sway with the current like plants sway with the wind.
Clint: “If you want to simulate the sting, put a little alcohol on your dry skin and enjoy.”
I did rub hand sanitizer on very chapped hands earlier today lol. While it was not stinkin rad, comparing it to some more painful jellyfish stings I’ve experienced puts it in perspective 😂
Moon jellies are very hard to keep. Any slight change in water quality and they're toasted. They also have this tendency to get stuck (we housed em in a small 10 gallon modified circular tank). This was also specifically at an aquarium building that we were propagating 'em at, so had all the equipment. They're so cool tho. Awesome to see Loveland living planet aquarium! Thats my home aquarium!
Moon jellies are among the easiest jellies but they're absolutely not easy
Pros: You and your descendants get a pet for eternity
Cons: You have to take lots of care for it
No you don’t. They have a short lifespan he even talks about that.
I feel like Clint doesn't understand how attached I get to my shoes and houseplants ;)
True, and if you get the right plant you can even grow your own jellies. I recommend raspberry plants.
A moon jelly tank has long been on my list of “outlandish things I’d have if I won the lottery”.
How much would it be to set up and get the moon jelly?
Ah yes, you've made a video about my childhood dream.
I’ve always wanted to keep moon jellies 😭 why can’t they be easy to keep.
Play ark. You can tame them lol
If you put your mind to it you can make it happen
There are smaller species of jelly fish
honestly fake jellyfish are probably easier, cheaper, and more long-lived
Absolutely amazing. These animals are a great reminder that there's more to life on earth than just dogs and cats.
Hey that’s my best friend Elsa!!! She’s so passionate about what she does and she’s so good at it!!! Love this video 🤍🤍🤍
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Your channel is incredible!!
Both of your channels are awesome
1:20 I count 8. You can cut the jellyfish into quarters so each quadrant has 1 whole gonad, then you can slice each gonad into left and right halves. Lol but using this logic starfish should have 10 sections so idk
Wow! Keeping these guys thriving is a crazy intense process! Kudos to folks who are up for that level of knowledge and attention.
Thank you for this video!
The take away: Jellyfish are like feeder mice.
I knew amphibians were a bit outlandish for a channel called "Clint's Reptiles" but taxonomically speaking we're in uncharted territory, right? This is the fathest we have gone so far? 😁
Still need to cover pet plants, pet fungi, pet protozoa, then get to the other domains, like pet bacteria cultures.
Clint's pets.
I mean, we've had insects, which are just about as far away from Reptiles, I think.
@@darthplagueis13 well bilateral symmetry developed before vertebrae
he did a video on cats and a video on human children
soo.... not really
Wow! This is the first animal I’ve ever seen that was so much work that there’s no way I’d consider having them. This is an animal best served by a large facility like the one in this video. This was a great video, Clint!! I had no idea that anyone bred them and it was fascinating!
jellyfish are so cool. on one hand they are completely mundane and basic but still so fascinating and interesting, their life cycle is so special and they are also just beautiful to watch. I’d never own them, but I love watching them
I would say they are “Stinging Rad” 😋
They truly look like life forms from another world 🌎. Thanks Clint 🙏
I would like to see a colab with Clint and Ants Canada, I'm definitely a reptile guy myself but Ants Canada shows how cool ants are as well.
I couldn’t help but focusing on the rays and sharks in the background so incredible
This is absolutely fascinating! I fell in love with jellyfish as a kid when I saw them at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. The cyclical tanks are so calming to watch. Moon jellies are so magical, and I've even had the pleasure of seeing wild ones in my area.
I don't think I'll ever have the patience and budget to care for a salt water tank (and probably not even a freshwater tank), but I've always wanted to know how people could care for them on a small scale.
I've also seen it theorized that jellyfish in general could be the one animal that's going to survive and possibly even thrive in the climate changes to the ocean, so I have a lot more respect for them than I originally did.
Jellyfish are both short-lived and immortal at the same time
Is the bottle-nose dolphin the best pet artyodactla? No, I rather have a common Goat. It doesn't need an exhibit aquarium.
Or pigs, which are also Artiodactyls.
Goat > dolphin > pig
@@Rob_Thorsman Goat > pig >dolphin here!
@@sampagano205 that could be too.
@@sampagano205 true. Although turns out Ceteceans are more closely related to hippos than hippos are to pigs, according to DNA evidence so far.
This episode was interesting on multiple levels. Information and the amazing background beauty of the aquatic life behind you had me transfixed!
I used to work at Sea Life for a bit and it was quite a draining and miserable job. So during my lunch breaks I'd always go to the jellyfish tanks to just zone out for a bit and decompress. They're so mesmerizing to watch! Only part of that job I still miss occasionally.
... If I want a Cnidarian, I'll get the ones that stick to rocks instead. Anemones and corals are _so_ much easier to keep, and many are cultivated in the trade. Heck, a lot of people that keep corals will happily just give you some when they need to trim their colonies as they grow.
i'm an active jelly keeper and breeder, and i will say that feeding multiple times a day is not exactly necessary. once daily is perfectly adequate, and some species even once every other day. there are some that do need that constant feeding, but not moons. their tank also doesn't necessarily have to be round either, they just need the right flow to keep them from being sucked in or stuck. polyps can also just be blasted with a pipette gently for cleaning. they can also handle more fluctuations than most people think, and in my experience i'd say they're actually easier than coral to keep, and long term less expensive too. of course i'm not saying that the video is wrong not at all, but more i want to give another perspective if anyone reading this is interested in jelly keeping and got a little intimidated!
EDIT: if you want more info see if you can contact travis at the jellyfish warehouse, he's very knowledgeable and almost always has moon jellyfish available! he sells many species and also setups and supplies
I scrolled too far for this. I was expecting my jellies to be a second job, but really other than constantly cleaning up the food and dealing with them while cleaning the tank they've been fairly easy to care for.
Amazing video! I love jellyfish some of my favorite animal’s, but this really made me realize that I won’t ever keep them. Elsa did an amazing job explaining how much care goes into keeping them, without making them actually sound like awful pets. But it is definitely too much work and stress for me to handle, I never realized how much care is actually required for these animals.
I used to have moon jelly fish. Bought the 300$ kickstarter circular tank back in 2012, and kept them alive for about 6 months. Constantly having to check the water. clean it, put new saline water in, feeding them etc was a PAIN. They were super cool to look at though, and a great conversation piece, but Never again
Clint, can you do a video on wooly caterpillars/wooly bears? I've always loved them and just found out that they turn into Isabella tiger moths. Would love to know how to keep one since their isn't a bunch of info on them.
I wasn't considering keeping jellyfish before seeing this video. And now having seen it, I'm still not considering keeping jellyfish. Super interesting though!
Just want say I love your content. I’ve watched most of not all of your videos over the past 2 years. Never commented however i wanted to say thanks for the good content & being a good person. Happy trails!
I've been keeping moon jellies for a few years, and in some ways they're insanely difficult, and in other ways they're easier than you'd think. As long as you're careful about keeping your tank clean (which is a huge pain), they're not too difficult and honestly not too much work, but they're absolutely not a beginner pet.
3:49 I- I could not for the life of me watch that with a straight face. I have tears, TEARS from laughing 😅🤣
Excuse you Clint, I am very attached to my house plants!
I love the living planet aquarium!! I remember going there when i was little and they were in a dinky, single level, crowded building 😂 the "new" facility is truly incredible! I would LOVE more behind the scenes videos from there as well as more videos about the animals they have just like this one!!
My wife has been waiting for months on a jellyfish video, and it finally happened! YAY! and it happens to be one of her favorites, so I'm sure she'll watch this in a heart beat! Now for a video on Crocodile Geckos and King's Dwarf Monitors!
Really glad you made this, had no idea the level of care required for a moon jelly
Not sure if he's acting or genuinely excited about moon jellies, but either way it definitely made this video enjoyable. Otherwise, as much as I love jellyfish, he lost me as "high maintenance."
The fun part is jellyfish are more active than most reptiles
Elsa did wonderfully, you should have her in more aquarium videos.
Dude I don’t always watch your videos but I absolutely loved this one. When I buy a house I might get familiar with salt water tanks then work my way up to jelly’s killer video man!
They are otherworldly enchanting‼️😳 Thanks for making the video
It'd be miraculously funny if the fish in the background just stood there watching you.
Thank you so much for your content. The world needs science channels like yours. ❤
Jellyfish in nature: subject to the whims of Posiedon, Jellyfish in captivity: Karens
“Can make you dead” 🤣
The tiny ones are so adorable!
The "Can make you dead." slayed me. Paired with the gonad feature on the little squishies hit my giggle switch. Ok, I'm juvenile. Sorry not Sorry!😂😂😂
Interesting that they're that sensitive in captivity, but in the wild they clog up estuaries in New England every summer.
Hey wait, I have a bone to pick with the suggestion that I don’t get attached to houseplants 😂 I guess not everyone is as enthused about them as I am, but I find most plants to be really easy and forgiving “pets.” Maybe rate house plants?? 😁🪴
I had the same thought when he said that 😅
I had the same thought. I cried when last February’s Texas freeze killed my 15-year-old dragon tree. I tried to save it but was doing well to save me and my cat.
They look just like the jellyfish that I've seen getting washed ashore in southern Sweden every summer, though in Swedish they're called "ear jellyfish" due to their clover-like bits in the center reminding people of ears somehow.
"And I'm only talking about moon jellyfish. Some cnidarians can make you... dead."
This is probably the first animal Clints done a video on that I don't even a little bit want. I'll go to an aquarium to see these beautiful things
Seriously my favourite part of any aquarium.
This is an exciting video Clint!!
I remember when I was holidaying on the west coast of Scotland. We would go out rowing through swarms of moon jellies and could reach out and touch them from the boat.
Thanks for making this. I love your videos that are more science lesson then how to take of this animal that you shouldn't keep as a pet because it's hard to care for. Please more do more hidden science lesson videos!!!
Thank you for a totally different animal to " Is it the best....."' Very interesting, lots of info will have to watch it a few more times.
I think the fake jellyfish lamp might be the right pet cnidarian for me! I enjoy all of the inverts/other non-reptile videos, but I'd love to see a video on maybe some of the other Australian pythons, like maybe Green Tree pythons and Scrubbies. And then, there's one giant python you haven't covered yet - African rock pythons! I'm just obsessed with pythons, if you haven't noticed.
I wanted a moon jellyfish...until now. Thank you for the information 🤣
I have always wanted to have a bedroom where the walls and ceiling are tanks full of moon jellyfish and relaxing music
I got to pet some of these fellas at an aquarium and it was magical. I stood there gently booping them until my hands started to go numb from the cold water 😂
Jellies: live for a few months
Polyps: a few decades
Baby making MACHINES
The fact that Jellyfish *can* culture really supports that they're apparently the first animals to ever exist
I just love Living Planet Aquarium. Do you think you could do a feature on mantis shrimp? They've been my dream pet for years.
They are beautiful.
Amazing video! Very informative and interesting.
I saw jellyfish at the Berlin Zoo where they floated in giant tanks. They were so soothing to watch.
These are lovely, I live by the Atlantic so I just go see their huge blooms in the wild during the late summer. Unfortunately they tend to beach a lot too.
Too much work for me, but these are absolutely gorgeous
That was fascinating!
I wasn't expecting this one. Nice video as always ^^
Can't for one about keeping Hermit Crabs as pets
Such pretty creatures! I want some!
"Since they don't have a brain or a face you probably don't get much more attached to any one individual than you do a houseplant or a pair of shoes"
I get pretty attached to my houseplants xD
Thank you for your help and effort in education ❤️
Was mesmerized, did a google search, found out there are such a thing as sweetwater jellyfish, are now planning for a new aquarium!
the immortal jelly would make a fascinating pet
I think I'll go for the pet front loading close dryer over the pet jelly fish tank since it will probably be cheaper and easier to maintain, but still interesting to learn about how they are kept :-D
Dude jellyfish are REALLY weird. There’s multiple not closely related types with completely different morphology and biology, only connected by the term “jellyfish” because they all just look like clearish gooey water things. And there’s freshwater jellyfish! I didn’t know that until I went down a wikipedia rabbit hole. I highly recommend it.
i would so keep these if i were into saltwater aquariums! they're simply amazing animals