Jellyfish Behaving Badly?

It’s time we talked about jellyfishes. They dazzle us, terrify us, nourish us, and fascinate us. They can seem utterly otherworldly, and yet they’re among the more ancient species to inhabit earth. And because of rising ocean temperatures, they are moving. Scary news, this: it’s not comforting to imagine deadly Irukandji box jellyfish appearing along the New South Wales coast – let alone in Sydney Harbour – but recent sightings at Fraser Island indicate that they are indeed southward bound. This event delivered the latest research into jellyfishes’ changing behaviour and also helps understand and imagine what that research means for the future of the sea. It will bring you closer to these diverse, complicated, and fantastically beautiful creatures, whose lives, we’d better recognise, are inextricably linked with our own. For more information about this event click here. Timestamps 00:00 Aesthetics in the Sea (Introduction) – Killian Quigley 05:50 Speaker Introductions – Maria Byrne 08:30 Where are Jellyfish and Where are They Going? – Will Figueira 22:35 Jellyfish Behaving Badly – Mike Kingsford 38:00 History of Jellyfish Studies – Jude Philp Speakers Professor Maria Byrne (Chair), University of Sydney Dr Jude Philp, Macleay Museum Professor Mike Kingsford, James Cook UniversityAssociate Professor Will Figueira, University of Sydney Dr Killian Quigley, Sydney Environment Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.