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Letter: Other species that dine on jellyfish

Published 10 August 2016

From Guy Cox

Tamar Stelling reports Andrew Sweetman's search to discover what eats jellyfish, and eventual finding that fish do (16 July, p 26). They also form a substantial part of the diet of juvenile green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas). Adults switch to a vegetarian diet of seagrasses and algae.

Unfortunately, Sweetman's Norwegian fjords are far too cold to attract the turtles, however many jellyfish may be available.

St Albans, New South Wales, Australia

Issue no. 3086 published 13 August 2016

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