10 June 2011
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Queen Cassiopeia, wife to the king of Aethiopia and mother to Andromeda, was said to be beautiful but vain. As punishment for her vanity, she was placed by Poseidon in the heavens, chained to her throne and upside-down for half of each year. Above: Casseopea xamachana, an upside-down jellyfish, from this NYT slideshow.
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yumwatch said:
jellyfish terrify me!!! they roam the southern california coast with their nematocysts just WAITING to sting me. it hasn’t happened yet, but I know they’re waiting. I KNOW.
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