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A photo of a Caribbean box jellyfish with four rhopalia circled in white.

These brainless jellyfish use their eyes and bundles of nerves to learn

Team Leader1 year ago11 months ago09 mins

For Caribbean box jellyfish, learning is literally a given. In a new experiment, these animals learned to spot and avoid obstacles despite lacking a central brain, researchers report September 22 in Current biology. This is the first evidence that jellyfish can make mental connections between events – like seeing something and falling into it –…

A photo of a Caribbean box jellyfish on a dark background.

These brainless jellyfish use their eyes and bundles of nerves to learn

1 year ago11 months ago09 mins

For Caribbean box jellyfish, learning is literally a no-brainer. In a new experiment, these animals learned to spot and avoid obstacles despite having no central brain, researchers report September 22 in Current Biology. This is the first evidence that jellyfish can make mental connections between events — such as seeing something and running into it…