Swarm of Giant Jellyfish Capsize 10-Ton Trawler 227
Hugh Pickens writes "The Telegraph reports that the Japanese trawler Diasan Shinsho-maru has capsized off the coast of China, as its three-man crew dragged their net through a swarm of giant jellyfish (which can grow up to six feet in diameter and travel in packs) and tried to haul up a net that was too heavy. The crew was thrown into the sea when the vessel capsized, but the three men were rescued by another trawler. Relatively little is known about Nomura's jellyfish, such as why some years see thousands of the creatures floating across the Sea of Japan on the Tsushima Current, but last year there were virtually no sightings. In 2007, there were 15,500 reports of damage to fishing equipment caused by the creatures. Experts believe that one contributing factor to the jellyfish becoming more frequent visitors to Japanese waters may be a decline in the number of predators, which include sea turtles and certain species of fish. 'Jellies have likely swum and swarmed in our seas for over 600 million years,' says scientist Monty Graham of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab in Alabama. 'When conditions are right, jelly swarms can form quickly. They appear to do this for sexual reproduction.'"
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Mystery solved (Score:3, Funny)
"Relatively little is known about Nomura's jellyfish, such as why some years see thousands of the creatures floating across the Sea of Japan on the Tsushima Current, but last year there were virtually no sightings."
Godzilla had the munchies?
Soon: (Score:5, Funny)
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"Relatively little is known about Nomura's jellyfish, such as why some years see thousands of the creatures floating across the Sea of Japan on the Tsushima Current, but last year there were virtually no sightings."
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WhN? 2day. Where? Sea of Japan. What? Jam as many of us into
a fishing net and capsize the boat.
4:48 PM Oct 9th from ocean
Re:I don't think we're ready for this jelly (Score:5, Funny)
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Oh no... there goes Tokyo... (Score:2, Funny)
Is there any doubt that these giant, radioactive jellyfish are headed for Japan? Fortunately, they probably can't move very well on land. so Tokyo Tower is safe.
We must take action immediately! (Score:3, Funny)
I move to petition Congress to recommission the USS Iowa and deploy it to the Sea of Japan.
Jellyfish born near China and hanging out near Japan will not be open to English-language negotiations, so we must instead negotiate with 16 inch guns. They will surely give in to a show of force... everyone knows jellyfish are spineless!
Is this a remake? (Score:2, Funny)
Obligitory Jokes (Score:5, Funny)
'When conditions are right, jelly swarms can form quickly. They appear to do this for sexual reproduction.'"
Perhaps genetic experimentation to produce K.Y. Jellyfish would aid this.
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In other news: Last year several thousands of SUVs were damaged by children who, for some reasons, were not constrained by their parents to stay inside all the time and instead failed to stay at the proper speed to move smoothly with the traffic. Due to the excellent structural protection from the SUVs their drivers did not suffer major physical injuries.
It's not nearly as bad as you make it out to be. If you get the really big tires the little brats never even mess up the paint. Oh sure, sometimes a bicycle will damage a tire sidewall, but that's what roadside assistance if for, right?
Re:Don't kill predators (Score:3, Funny)
CLUB HIM! CLUB HIM! The barbie-que is already fired up. You club him, I'll clean him!! He'll look good beside the eels, the shark steaks, and the dog steaks! I hear geek tastes like pork! Oh, I'm so excited, CLUB HIM!
So, that's why it sank so easily... (Score:5, Funny)
I thought it sounded kinda small for a commercial vessel.
It was a Chibi-trawler.
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Re:I don't think we're ready for this jelly (Score:3, Funny)
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in other news visitors from the middle east were tragically killed when the twin towers of the world trade center blocked the path of the jet they were traveling on. the pentagon building and a field in Pennsylvania were responsible for similar incidents.
Re:'Sexual' reproduction? (Score:5, Funny)
As opposed to what? Cloning?
No, as opposed to swarming for some other reason such as protection from predators, attacking Japanese fishermen, or as part of their agile software development process.
Its a potent of future diaster (Score:3, Funny)
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Re:Obligitory Jokes (Score:1, Funny)
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Only an Iron Chef can save us. Send for Morimoto.
Re:Oh no... there goes Tokyo... (Score:3, Funny)
You've obviously never seen giant, radioactive jellyfish before. They easily transition from water to air and hover over the city, soaking up the juice from the power lines (they use it to help them hover) before floating down to Tokyo Tower for some tenticle-based destruction. Oh and pr0n. Wherever there are tenticles in Japan, there's tenticle pr0n.
Re:Don't kill predators (Score:1, Funny)
You're commenting on the quality of meat, yet you mentioned the word "ketchup".
Methinks you haven't eaten meat outside of a McDonalds...
Re:'Sexual' reproduction? (Score:2, Funny)
Well, that's just being greedy.
Re:Don't kill predators (Score:3, Funny)
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My use of +1 Funny is clearly superior to your own.