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emry-stars-art · 9 months

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Ok life cycle of a jelly mer is a GO. I’ll stick it under the cut in case anyone doesn’t want to see the lil development/newborn stuff

BUT before that since I know at least a few people are going to ask; yes, you can hold tiny baby medusa Neil, it can’t even sting you yet. Just a lil tingle

(Shout out to @the-tortoise-lady for the idea of baby Neil with no common sense or self awareness being very certain it both can and will eat that thing it found wading in the water near the beach (fisherman Andrew))

So normal jellyfish polyps grow into what looks like little stacked saucers or plates and when one breaks off it grows into the actual medusa we all know. So like. I’m just imagining the upper body/human part of the mer grows inside more like two cups stacked together, and there’s only one per polyp (i don’t even know if regular polyps have multiple discs break off tbh).

But according to some v quick research and not being able to find specifically Sea Nettle reproductive cycle, I am declaring their polyps the average size of Small (about an inch/3cm or something close) and their baby medusae have A LOT of growing to do :D

#which is unfortunately why so many don’t make it to that size #they need lots and lots of supervision #so if they don’t get it for whatever reason #they’re picked off quick #also. depending on the timeline and what you want to believe #I made it so those hands could with minor changes #become either Nathan’s or Andrew’s #or yours if you really want hehe #oh yeah I want to do shark life cycle too #did you know basking shark pups are born at a starting size of roughly 3ft/1m #love that #anyway #fan art #my art #aftg #all for the game #neil josten #andrew minyard #mer au #jellyneil au #jellyfish #jellyneil #mer research notes

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