Jellyfish invasion in full swing
06 Oct 2006
This crazy photo from the Yomiuri Shimbun shows a diver swimming amongst a swarm of giant jellyfish. These giant sea blobs, known as Echizen kurage (Nomura’s jellyfish), inflict heavy damage on Japanese fisheries in the Sea of Japan each year.
This year’s invasion appears to be in full swing. The number of jellyfish has risen dramatically off the coast of Maizuru in Kyoto prefecture since Typhoon No. 13 passed over the Sea of Japan in mid-September.
Thousands of the giant jellyfish, which can grow up to 2 meters (6 ft 7 in) in diameter and weigh up to 200 kg (440 lb), become caught in fixed fishing nets each year.
(See also: Chefs prepare for annual giant jellyfish invasion)
[Source: Yomiuri Shimbun]
[…] The Japanese, of course, dealt with this problem by eating them […]
[…] I’m not sure if this photo is real or not. If it is then it is remarkable as you would never expect to see so many huge jellyfish in one shot. However I am aware that Jellyfish do sometime turn up in huge numbers, I have witnessed thousands of purple heart jellyfish off my coast before. What is even more remarkable though is the intention of the Japanese to eat these monsters - I just cannot see Jellyfish as being tasty or nutritious in any way whatsoever. […]
[…] But just look at the site. Besides coverage of eco-tech, there you’ll find the magic in nature (jellyfish invasion!), in technology (walking partner robot!), and even in that wretched species humanity (flowering in poverty). All those things are together on the site without contradiction. I wish our world was like that. Thank you Edo. […]
[…] I wasn’t kidding when I said that Japan is being surrounded by hostile Giant Jellyfish. Check out this pic, from Pink Tentacle’s coverage of the invasion; suddenly it makes more sense that the Japanese would strike back, powdering the slimy buggers. Of course, it still wouldn’t occur to a sane person (nor to a person who’d seen Attack of the Mushroom People) to make that powder into cookies and put it in her mouth, but there you go; we are talking about the Japanese, after all. They may be more plausible than the Romanians, but they’re just as wingnutty under those navy suits. […]
Meduzilla, the queens of the monsters ;-)…
Le retour des méduses géantes au Japon Au mois de janvier, je vous avais déjà parlé de l’invasion de méduses géantes au Japon. Eh bien, les “Echizen Kurage”, ou “méduse de Nomura” reviennent en force sur les côtes japonaises. Cette année, l…
alright i went parasailing the other day in panama city beach florida. when me my big sis got up 1200 feet i lookd down and it really looked like a pool of jellyfish and then the next day i got stumg how ironic RIGHT
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