• Question: how can a jellyfish be a fish?

    Asked by gaznish to Dave, Glo, Sean on 23 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Sean Clement

      Sean Clement answered on 23 Jun 2011:

      Well, would it sound right being called a Jellyblob? It’s not a fish, it’s just that sombody called it a Jellyfish one day (presumably because it lives in water and, things that live in water are always fish… :s )

      The Malagasy word for Jellyfish is really cool though. It’s Tsangilihili (pronounced Chang-ee-lee-hee-lee) Best Word Ever!

    • Photo: Dave Sproson

      Dave Sproson answered on 23 Jun 2011:

      As Sean said, the jellyfish isn’t actually a fish, but I suspect it was named like the just by comparison to most animals in the ocean, which tend to be fish. I quite like jellyblob, though – maybe wee should try to get it’s name changed – just for accuracy, of course! 🙂

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