Moon Jellyfish Added to Nashville Zoo Exhibit - Nashville Banner

Moon jellyfish added to Nashville Zoo exhibit - Nashville Banner

HEAT SEEKERS: The Nashville Office of Emergency Management continues to conduct heat patrols as local temperatures remain dangerously high throughout the week. From Sunday through Tuesday, volunteers with the Emergency Support Unit distributed close to 250 water bottles to those in need downtown and responded to an average of 10 calls per day of people dealing with heat-related issues. Metro Social Services activated its Severe Weather Response …

Nashville Zoo Introduces Moon Jellyfish Habitat

Nashville Zoo opens a new aquatic habitat that will house a bloom of approximately fifty moon jellyfish. Over the last eight years, the Zoo has been home to various jellies located in the Unseen New World exhibit. The new residents come from the Tennessee Aquarium and are now on display in the Unseen New World. The otherworldly creature is named for its translucent, moonlike bell. It has short tentacles that sweep food toward the mucous layer on…