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In the United States, around 2.3 million households are home to reptiles, including turtles. Here's what the reptile can and cannot eat.
Some jellyfish and turtles eat large quantities of ctenophores, and jellyfish may temporarily wipe out ctenophore populations. Since ctenophores and jellyfish often have large seasonal variations in population, most fish that prey on them are generalists and may have a greater effect on populations than the specialist jelly-eaters.
Turtles generally eat their food in a straightforward way, though some species have special feeding techniques. [13] The yellow-spotted river turtle and the painted turtle may filter feed by skimming the water surface with their mouth and throat open to collect particles of food.
Other species of jellyfish are among the most common and important jellyfish predators. Sea anemones may eat jellyfish that drift into their range. Other predators include tunas, sharks, swordfish, sea turtles and penguins. [84] [85] Jellyfish washed up on the beach are consumed by foxes, other terrestrial mammals and birds. [86]
Pacific sea nettles, Chrysaora fuscescens. Cnidaria (/ n ɪ ˈ d ɛər i ə, n aɪ-/ nih-DAIR-ee-ə, NY-) [4] is a phylum under kingdom Animalia containing over 11,000 species [5] of aquatic invertebrates found both in fresh water and marine environments (predominantly the latter), including jellyfish, hydroids, sea anemones, corals and some of the smallest marine parasites.
Chrysaora fuscescens, the Pacific sea nettle or West Coast sea nettle, is a widespread planktonic scyphozoan cnidarian—or medusa, "jellyfish" or "jelly"—that lives in the northeastern Pacific Ocean, in temperate to cooler waters off of British Columbia and the West Coast of the United States, ranging south to México.
[9] [10] A third species, the Apalachicola snapping turtle (M. apalachicolae), has been proposed, [9] but is generally not recognized. [8] [10] [11] The alligator snapping turtle is given its common name because of its immensely powerful jaws and distinct ridges on its shell that are similar in appearance to the rough, ridged skin of an alligator.
Desalted ready-to-use jellyfish are low in calories and contain hardly any fat, about 5% protein and 95% water. [9] They do not have much flavor, and may be used to add additional texture and mouthfeel to various dishes. [10] In some areas of Asia, jellyfish is "associated with easing bone and muscle pain." [10]