Intriguing invertebrate fun fact poster

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Cnidaria Turritopsis Nutricula is a species of jellyfish with a very unusual quality: it is biologically immortal.

Intriguing

Mollusca Vampire Squids share similarities with both squid and octopuses. They are also the only species that thrives off of feces and pollution.

Arthropoda A Bombardier Beetle defends itself by firing bowling hot spray from its abdomen.

Invertebrates Nematoda

Annelida

An estimated 90,000 Nematodes can be present in a rotten apple.

A Hindu Medicinalis leech has 32 brains, five pairs of eyes, several pairs of testes and one pair of ovaries.

Platyhelminthes

Porifera

Echinodermata

Tapeworms have a ribbon-like body that may be up to 9m (30ft) in length.

The chemicals that a sponge produces are being used to find a cure for cancer and other diseases.

If you place a sea cucumber in fresh water, it will explode.


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