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Giant jellyfish to invade Japan

Tōkyō : Japan | 3 months ago  
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  • Giant jellyfish to invade Japan
    Giant jellyfish to invade Japan
    Posted by: RaulDeSouza
    Giant jellyfish to invade Japan
Giant jellyfish to invade Japan

Japanese authorities are preparing the public for what they believe will be a huge influx of jellyfish on the Japanese coasts this coming fall. The warning comes after spotting huge number of the giant jellyfish in the breeding grounds off of the Chinese coast and believe that thousands of these jellyfish, which are over 6.5 feet (2 meters) wide and can weigh nearly half a ton (over 200 kilograms), will once again be heading for the Japanese coastline.

The first wave of these giant Nomura's jellyfish have been spotted off of the coasts of Kyoto, Shimane, and Niagata. The last time that the shores of Japan saw such an invasion was back in 2005 where they caused massive damage to fishing boats and equipment and several fisherman were injured by their stings.

The large numbers of jellyfish and frequency of their visits to the Japanese coasts have increased over the past view years due to an increase in ocean temperatures which create favorable conditions for the Nomura's jellyfish and a lack of natural predators whose numbers have been decreasing due to fishing, loss of habitat, climate change, and other factors.

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Posted By DashingMaan DashingMaan | 3 months ago
Oh! this is really scary
Posted By RaulDeSouza RaulDeSouza | 3 months ago
yes it surely is.
Posted By EddieBuddha3 EddieBuddha3 | 3 months ago
This may sound a bit weird, but does anybody know if the Japanese authorities have considered harvesting these jellyfish as a food source? If nothing else, it is probably the quickest way to get the animal's numbers under control. Of course, if the idea turns out to be TOO successful, the poor critter'll likely get fished out of existence, much like some species of whale.
Posted By RaulDeSouza RaulDeSouza | 3 months ago
well i think you might be right Eddie because Japanese are known for doing such crazy stuff but i still cant say this for sure
Posted By mllovric mllovric | 3 months ago
Giants like this may be very hard to control unless someone comes up with an idea what to do. Chinese know how to cook the jellyfish but can they cook up giants of this kind for food or not? 27/8/2009.
Posted By RaulDeSouza RaulDeSouza | 3 months ago
i dont know about that but some jellyfish are poisonous too and i am not sure about this one.
Posted By mona37 mona37 | 3 months ago
well they weigh a lot and is not going to be easy to capture them before or in time ryt before they cause theyr destruction!
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