The Japanese explain jellyfish anatomy through a tale of a tricked messenger

Evidence

And that, the Japanese say, is why the jellyfish, from that day to this, has no bones and no shell at all — only a soft, squishy, boneless body, drifting helplessly in the sea: a permanent reminder of the day he let a clever monkey trick him, and could not keep a secret. — , A Year of World Stories, 8285

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• XREF: Parallels the Jataka ‘monkey and crocodile’ central tale I already hold; shows the story’s trans-Asian spread.