Arctic cyanide is a sea creature, which is the longest of all animals living on our planet. This unusual and mysterious marine creature is called a giant for a reason. The dome of the largest individuals can reach a diameter of almost three meters! The size of a jellyfish directly depends on the environment. The lower the temperature of the water in which it lives, the larger the animal grows. Cyanide do not like warm water and prefer to live in the harsh conditions of the Arctic and Pacific Oceans.

The Arctic giant is distinguished by its huge and numerous tentacles. Depending on how large the jellyfish is, its tentacles can reach from 20 to 40 meters in length. This giant exceeds the size of the blue whale, which grows up to a maximum of 33 meters in length. Because of its huge thin tentacles, the sea creature got its second name - hairy jellyfish.

Cyanide amaze with a diverse palette of colors. There are individuals, lilac, brown and even orange color. Young jellyfish have a bright hue that gradually fades with age.

Arctic Cyanide feeds mainly on plankton, small fish and crustaceans. Due to the lack of food, this giant begins to starve, it can switch to its relatives, both of its own kind and of other jellyfish.

The giant's hunting as follows: the jellyfish rises to the surface of the water, spreads its tentacles in different directions and waits. Small fish swimming around mistake the hunter for ordinary algae. As soon as the prey touches the tentacles, the arctic cyanide immediately wraps them around the entire body of the victim and paralyzes it with the help of poison. After the victim loses strength and stops moving, the giant eats it. The poison with which the jellyfish catches its prey is produced in the tentacles along their entire length.

For humans, this poison is also dangerous. It is not strong enough to cause death, but it can cause severe skin burns or an allergic reaction.