Unlike many animals, jellyfish aren't in danger of becoming extinct - there are actually lots and lots in the oceans! Too many jellyfish can have significant impacts on humans, as well as other creatures in the ocean.

Fascinating, elegant, and mysterious to watch in the water, take a jellyfish out of the water, and it becomes a much less fascinating blob. This is because jellyfish are about 95 percent water. Jellyfish use their tentacles to sting their prey before they gobble it up. Their mouths are located in the centre of their bodies.

If you want to, you can frost the bottom part of the cake all the way up to the edge of the base of the pan so it looks like sand at the bottom of the sea, but you’ll still need to carve the cake smaller than the pan now, so there’s room for that frosting. Mix 5 Tbsp of gelatin and 1 cup of cold water together in a small bowl until combined. Set aside to let the gelatin absorb the water and bloom (this usually takes about 5 minutes). Put the fish in the fridge for about 30 minutes to set and then flip them out of the mold and admire how pretty they look! The jelly will give them a shimmery, wet effect later. If some snap as you take them out of the mold, don’t throw them away, you can easily attach a broken tail or fin when you put the fish on the cake.

Where it is Found: Portuguese man o' wars are a warm-water species. They may be found in tropical and subtropical waters in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans and the Caribbean and Sargasso Seas. Occasionally during stormy weather, they are washed into cooler areas. Then lower the ring of the springform pan down over the acetate and connect it to the base. The purpose of the cling film and tape is to make sure the jelly doesn’t leak out of the acetate but you can place your cake in a bowl just in case. You’ll need a silicone mold for this and some white chocolate chips. Microwave the chocolate at 50% power in the microwave for a minute to melt it without burning it and stir it until it’s smooth. You can microwave it again it there are still lumps in the chocolate.Jellies and comb jellies have lived on Earth for at least 500 million years, making them three times as old as dinosaurs. They are the earliest known animals to have organized tissues and to swim using muscles instead of drifting. These animals vary widely in size, from tiny medusae and comb jellies smaller than a pea to the lion’s mane jelly, which occasionally reaches 6 feet in width with tentacles up to 100 feet long. Stinging Cells Put 1/2 a cup (or 100g) of sugar into a pan with 2 cups of water and bring it to a boil over a medium heat, so that all of the sugar dissolves. Take the pan off the stove or just turn the heat off and add the gelatin mixture to the pan, stirring until it’s all melted.

Is it a Jellyfish? Box jellyfish are not considered "true" jellyfish. They are classed in the group Cubozoa, and have differences in their life cycle and reproduction. Set the cake in the fridge and chill overnight (at least 12 hours), or until the gelatin portion is set and firm to the touch. You can find jellyfish in every ocean around the world. This is because they follow the current and can thrive in cold Arctic waters and warm tropical waters. Remove the cake from the fridge and carefully peel off the acetate sheet. Cover the cake portion in a second, thin layer of buttercream and avoid the jello section.

Ocean food chains are often shorter and less diverse than those on land, so each link is essential to the whole. Zooplankton fill a crucial link between phytoplankton (“the grass of the sea”) and larger, open-ocean animals. Tiny copepods, krill, and pteropods are food for larger plankton, fish and even whales. If the abundance of these tiny creatures should decline, the consequences for large ocean animals would likely be sudden and severe.

If the frosting on the cake went all the way up to the acetate at the bottom of the cake, that frosting will be exposed when you peel off the acetate and the jelly ocean will start higher up on the cake. If any jelly seeped below when you want the ocean to start you can carefully peel off those thin patches of jelly. If there are any clumps of gelatin left, lift them out with a spoon. Add a teaspoon of whatever flavor you like. I’m using almond for this since I think it will pair nicely with a banana chocolate cake, but fruity flavors like lemon or any berry are maybe more… expected! Eutrophication is when a body of water becomes too rich in minerals and nutrients which causes lots of algae and phytoplankton to grow. This allows jellyfish to thrive and feed off the plankton, which is how they are able to survive. As this process is repeated over time, the jellyfish population has grown and grown. If you haven’t already, take the ring off your springform pan and place your cake on the base. The cake needs to be cold for this so that the frosting is firm and doesn’t get damaged when you move the cake around and wrap it with the acetate. Lift the cake off the springform base and spread some buttercream on a cake board or a plate to secure the cake on it.Jellyfish eat a range of different things, depending on their size and depending on the location of the jellyfish’s habitat. Small jellyfish eat things like plankton, small fish and larvae. Larger jellyfish eat larger sea creatures like lobsters, shrimps and crabs. They even sometimes feed on other types of jellyfish! First place goes to the lion’s mane jellyfish! These creatures can grow up to 37 metres long with bells that are up to 3 metres wide! They can also have up to 1200 tentacles! Eek! These giants live in the freezing waters of the Arctic and North Pacific oceans. Did you know some jellyfish are bioluminescent? This means they’re able to produce their own light. Unlike most jellyfish who float with the current, box jellyfish can control their movements and manoeuvre through the water. This helps them stay away from any predators. You can use ganache if you prefer – it doesn’t have to be buttercream. Spread it all over the cake and smooth it a bit with your offset spatula but it’s fine if it’s rugged and uneven because only the general shape and colour will be visible through the jelly.