sumo sized jellyfish invade japan

[Amby 490]

An invasion of giant jellyfish the size of sumo wrestlers is jeopardising the Japanese fishing industry.

The Echizen jellyfish, which grow up to 2.2m in diameter and can weigh over 300kg, have appeared on Japan's Pacific coast.

They have floating there from Chinese and Korean waters where they breed every year, reports Sky News.

Their size means they are capable of ruining fisherman's nets and poisoning and crushing catches.

One fishing boat was even capsized after a mammoth creature got caught in its net.

A local fisherman said: " I have never seen anything this big before."

Much about the jellyfish swarms remains a mystery but some scientists believe global warming and rising sea temperatures may be a factor.

Japan's Meteorological Agency says the waters of the Sea of Japan are warming at a speed three times faster than the global average.

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[Niels Bohr 72]

I saw this on the tv station this morning. Wow! Imagine getting stung by that or worse, being eaten by them.

[Peikko 1,575]

More fiction. The seas have always changed, these jelly fish are no threat to anyone!

[Amby 490]

I saw this on the tv station this morning. Wow! Imagine getting stung by that or worse, being eaten by them.

It kinda looks like a massive ####### covered in horrible stretch marks

[Peikko 1,575]

I saw this on the tv station this morning. Wow! Imagine getting stung by that or worse, being eaten by them.

I don't think they eat people, they have tiny mouths.

[Nagishkaw 510]

Are these jellyfish a new discovery?

[Der Bücherwurm 1]

Those poor Japanese people! Atom bombs, Godzilla, now freakishly large jellyfish...They just can't catch a break can they?

[tallcoolone 102]

December 7th, 1941

The day the Japs bombed Pearl Harbor and killed thousand of Innocent Americans

They did awake the Sleeping Giant and after USA saved the World from German and Japaneese control, they rose to be the SuperPower that they are today

[Nagishkaw 510]

I stumbled on this site and thought it to be very interesting:

http://zaxy.wordpress.com/

[Amby 490]

nagi - that site is kinda neat. some of those things look scary.

[Nagishkaw 510]

That shark was scary looking.

[Amby 490]

it took me a second to figure out what the frog was. at first it just looked like a big blob.

[HAL 9000 96]

The one with the rat-plant... is a lie. The plant is a wannabe marsupial.

[IR5FORMUMSIE 850]

I saw this on the tv station this morning. Wow! Imagine getting stung by that or worse, being eaten by them.

It kinda looks like a massive ####### covered in horrible stretch marks

I thought we weren't going to discuss the last time I went to the beach.

[Niels Bohr 72]

The one with the rat-plant... is a lie. The plant is a wannabe marsupial.

It's a hybrid between two kingdoms. A true link in the evolutionary chain.