An Armada of Gelatinous Giants

"Pink, slimy, and repellent, the Nomuras' jellyfish is an authentic horror of the deep that's been assualting Japan.  Now the creatures have sunk a 10 ton fishing trawler."

And we thought we had it bad with killer bees...

Every hypothesis for the root cause of the over-breeding is, unsurprisingly, man-made. :/

wow, that's a mess.

Exactly Kathy.

While I do feel sympathy for the fisherman involved in this (because poor fisherman struggling to make a wage aren't the problem), I find it hard to summon any sympathy for humanity as a whole. We're doing this to our oceans, and the only time the main stream notices is when something like this happens. Those who still hang on to the archaic attitude the the earth and animals were put here solely for our purposes need to change their world views if we are ever to make any major progress. Eurrrgh. 

armies of 400lb jelly fish???

*has nightmares*

Original Post by jules817:

*has nightmares*

 Oooh, then you probably shouldn't read about the giant blobs of sea mucus.

Original Post by santonacci:

Original Post by jules817:

*has nightmares*

 Oooh, then you probably shouldn't read about the giant blobs of sea mucus.

WHAT IS THAT??!!

Geez, creepy much?

Kind of cool though (*hopes to be a marine biologist*). ^^;;

Maybe this is the next stage of evolution.

Just let nature take its course, people!

Original Post by santonacci:

Original Post by jules817:

*has nightmares*

 Oooh, then you probably shouldn't read about the giant blobs of sea mucus.

 santo....whyyyyyyyyy!?

*has worse nightmares*

I'm still looking to get into the lucrative ambergris market, since women keep smearing it on their faces or spraying it all over themselves.

total awesomeness - who needs aliens from other planets?

Original Post by dnrothx:

I'm still looking to get into the lucrative ambergris market...

 

Hasn't it been mostly replaced by synthetics?

The real money is in guano.  

Original Post by santonacci:

Original Post by dnrothx:

I'm still looking to get into the lucrative ambergris market...

 

Hasn't it been mostly replaced by synthetics?

The real money is in guano.  

The future is in plastics.

Yeah, they use synthetics in the stuff you find at Wal-Mart, but if you want the good stuff, you splurge for the whale vomit.

Sigh...humans are at it again.

Wow, so strange and beautiful. I think sea creatures are some of the most surreal things on the planet.