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=== Predation === Other species of jellyfish are among the most common and important jellyfish predators. Sea anemones may eat jellyfish that drift into their range. Other predators include [[tuna]]s, sharks, [[swordfish]], sea turtles and penguins.<ref>{{cite news | last=Yin | first=Steph | date=September 29, 2017 | title=Who's Eating Jellyfish? Penguins, That's Who | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/science/penguins-eating-jellyfish.html | newspaper=[[The New York Times]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001051212/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/science/penguins-eating-jellyfish.html | archive-date=1 October 2017 | access-date=4 October 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Thiebot |first1=Jean-Baptiste |last2=Arnould |first2=John P. Y. |last3=Gómez-Laich |first3=Agustina |last4=Ito |first4=Kentaro |last5=Kato |first5=Akiko |last6=Mattern |first6=Thomas |last7=Mitamura |first7=Hiromichi |last8=Noda |first8=Takuji |last9=Poupart |first9=Timothée |last10=Quintana |first10=Flavio |last11=Raclot |first11=Thierry |last12=Ropert-Coudert |first12=Yan |last13=Sala |first13=Juan E |last14=Seddon |first14=Philip J. |last15=Sutton |first15=Grace J. |last16=Yoda |first16=Ken |last17=Takahashi |first17=Akinori |display-authors=3|s2cid=90152409 |title=Jellyfish and other gelata as food for four penguin species – insights from predator-borne videos |journal=Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment |year=2017 |doi=10.1002/fee.1529 |volume=15 |issue=8 |pages=437–441|bibcode=2017FrEE...15..437T }}</ref> Jellyfish washed up on the beach are consumed by foxes, other terrestrial mammals and birds.<ref>{{cite book |author=Gershwin, Lisa-Ann |title=Jellyfish: A Natural History |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PVRFDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA140 |year=2016 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |isbn=978-0-226-28767-6 |page=140}}</ref> In general however, few animals prey on jellyfish; they can broadly be considered to be [[apex predator|top predators]] in the food chain. Once jellyfish have become dominant in an ecosystem, for example through overfishing which removes predators of jellyfish larvae, there may be no obvious way for the previous balance to be restored: they eat fish eggs and juvenile fish, and compete with fish for food, preventing fish stocks from recovering.<ref>{{cite book |author=Gershwin, Lisa-Ann |title=Stung!: On Jellyfish Blooms and the Future of the Ocean |url={{google books |plainurl=y |id=4jEJKlpSVf8C|page=274}} |year=2013 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |isbn=978-0-226-02010-5 |pages=274–|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806072537/https://books.google.com/books?id=4jEJKlpSVf8C&pg=PA274 |archive-date=6 August 2016}}</ref>
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