Do jellyfish ever get their tentacles(?) tangled? If so, do they die? How do they get unknotted?
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Yes. It is difficult due to their tentacles being slippery, as well as slightly mechanical (they can move them a bit); but, it is definitely possible for two strands of anything to get tangled. Think about noodles in a big bowl of ramen, for the most part they stay separated. But sometimes, a few get too tangled and they get stuck together. It doesn’t take much for them to become unknotted, maybe some slight tugging.
I doubt that a jellyfish would die due it though, this would require enough of their tentacles being immobilized that they can no longer eat.
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