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It lay limp, crippled, its mesoglea torn, the bell deflated.

With two fine metal picks, he began to perforate the medusa’s mesoglea, the gelatinous tissue that composes the bell.

A living jellyfish has three layers: an outer epidermis, an inner gastric lining and, appropriately, a translucent jelly-like middle layer called mesoglea.

The vehicle’s design—nickel-titanium shape memory alloy wrapped in carbon nanotubes coated with a platinum catalyst, all tucked neatly under a silicone-based mesoglea—is truly unique in the world of robotics.