Most sea turtles are omnivores, and young turtles show even more omnivorous behavior than adults, eating basically anything their mouths can reach. Interestingly, however, when sea turtles encounter jellyfish, they tend to go for the jellyfish's tentacles rather than its body to go for the mouth, as if they were eating pasta. The fact that the stinging cells are right on the jellyfish's tentacles, which the turtles prefer not to avoid at all, is proof that they can indeed eat jellyfish with ease.

The skin of sea turtles is much thicker than that of humans because they are reptiles and their scales provide the necessary protection while eating jellyfish. The most vulnerable part of a sea turtle's entire external body to stinging cells is their eyes, but the simple solution is to close them, so sea turtles eat jellyfish with their eyes closed. Their mouth and esophagus are not vulnerable at all! The inside of a turtle's mouth is filled with these spiny, raised structures called "papillae", which are specialized food adaptations that help turtles eat jellyfish. These structures are also found in the mouths of camels, where they help them easily gnaw through thorny cacti.

The "papillae" of sea turtles help them move food to their stomachs

The "papillae" are also proteins - called keratins - that are the same as those that make up our fingernails and hair. These proteins do not have nerve structures, so there is no pain, just as cutting your hair or nails does not hurt. The "papillae" of sea turtles extend from the mouth to the stomach, which helps the turtles transfer food to the stomach, and is the reason why they can easily eat jellyfish, and once the jellyfish reaches the stomach, it also loses any possibility of attack.

Turtles aren't the only ones who eat jellyfish in the ocean, there are many other animals

sharks and tuna, all of which share the **** same trait, they have hard mouths and interiors. If a sea turtle comes across a jellyfish, it can be really satiating, because turtles are particularly good eaters, and in the summer when food is plentiful, they eat about 73% of their body weight every day, and a small jellyfish might not be enough to eat. But in winter, when food is scarce, turtles have a reptilian nature - they can go a long time without eating, and an adult turtle can survive for six months without food, which shows how resilient they are.

Even with their tenacity and mouths of steel, they can't resist the plastic bags in the ocean, which are too much like jellyfish, and are often eaten by turtles, which then kill them. Sea turtles can control jellyfish populations very well, so if you want to spend your beach vacation in peace, please don't put garbage into the sea!

Conclusion

Jellyfish have specialized cells called stinger cells on their tentacles that have venom-filled harpoon-like structures - called stinger sacs. A complex mixture of these protein variations is what makes up the varying toxicity of the stinging cell animals, some of which will just leave you with a slimy feeling, and some of which are deadly. The box jellyfish we mentioned earlier are extremely toxic, and that's because the pore proteins in their bodies are so reactive and mixed that they perforate all types of cells, including blood, skin, and nerve cells.