Jellyfish the Next Locusts?
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So apart from water, which can be evaporated, they are pure protein.
Are you sure?
Can you give references?
Another film called Jellyfish wins an award
http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=13705
These films are getting as common as, erm, jellyfish.
http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=13705
These films are getting as common as, erm, jellyfish.
I recently witnessed a swarm? of bluebottles ( Portuguese man'O' war).
I was right in the middle of them, thousands as well as another type of pink jelly( also of the stinging variety). fortunately I was covered in 5mm of neoprene at the time, all except my lips. Quite scary; I wriggled and squirmed and contorted my way out with only one minor sting to my eyelid.
After the onshore winds, there were millions washed up along the shoreline. a thick line of purplish blue.
It was the water at the frontline of the East Australian Current which sweeps tropical water to the southern reaches of the east coast...mmm! Summer...warm water!
p.s Nothing unusual about this occurrence.
I was right in the middle of them, thousands as well as another type of pink jelly( also of the stinging variety). fortunately I was covered in 5mm of neoprene at the time, all except my lips. Quite scary; I wriggled and squirmed and contorted my way out with only one minor sting to my eyelid.
After the onshore winds, there were millions washed up along the shoreline. a thick line of purplish blue.
It was the water at the frontline of the East Australian Current which sweeps tropical water to the southern reaches of the east coast...mmm! Summer...warm water!
p.s Nothing unusual about this occurrence.
Suggestions
An annoyance of jellyfish
A splodge of jellyfish
A trifle of jellyfish
Surely Australians wouldn't call them bluebottles
Come Clean. It must be bluies.
"Man there was quidrillions o'bluies out there
if it wan't for me neo I was a gonner"
An annoyance of jellyfish
A splodge of jellyfish
A trifle of jellyfish
Surely Australians wouldn't call them bluebottles
Come Clean. It must be bluies.
"Man there was quidrillions o'bluies out there
if it wan't for me neo I was a gonner"
Lol, swordfish and tuna don't eat jellyfish, they eat other fish. You don't evolve a huge slashing sword and powerful swimming body to hunt planktonic organisms that are mostly water and nematocysts.
Enmos
Valued Senior Member
A Jelly fish specific pesticide is a particularly bad idea..
I can see exactly where you're coming from Chris but Bluies are red headed folk ( often Neanderthal in appearance and with freckles) or ten dollar notes.
Bluebottles are not abbreviated in deference to their status.
Sharks on the other hand are often referred to as "Men in Grey suits" or "the taxmen".
Confused?.. Me too!
A friend of mine tells a rather amusing story of an encounter at the beach where a guy came racing up to her screaming and thrust his arse(complete with attached box jellyfish,..potentially fatal.) in her face... I can't remember how it ended, maybe the guy just died, I was laughing too hard to recall.
Oh!, and the collective noun..Clusterfuck of Bluies.
Yeah, I always thought sea turtles were the big eaters of jellies
The ones that float on top of the water, if they get poked do they pop?
Bluebottles have an airsack and float on the surface ( trailing their nasty bits below) They do pop, quite loudly, you can jump on them but risk jumping on a fresh one which still has active venom.
We have a name for them too. We call them Scots.
The story of the man with a jellyfish attached to his arse is surreal.
What do you think he was doing. Showing off?
Enmos
Valued Senior Member
They wouldn't sink. Their bodies are about the same density as seawater, it's why they float.
would they heal?
Enmos
Valued Senior Member
I think he'd been skinnydipping.
I'll see my friend again soon and get the full story.
My partner has had box jelly stings years ago..excruciating. People die from these ones.
They're kind of rubbery and not prone to popping at sea but I think they would die if so.
Latest Jellyfish News.
Demand for jellyfish keeps Olive Ridleys starving.
India to ban export of Jellyfish to China.
An Olive Ridley is not a nosy old neighbour with twitching curtains,
it is a type of marine Turtle, which is facing extiction in India
due to the overfishing of jellyfish to provide crunchy snacks for Chinese people.
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/153340.html
Demand for jellyfish keeps Olive Ridleys starving.
India to ban export of Jellyfish to China.
An Olive Ridley is not a nosy old neighbour with twitching curtains,
it is a type of marine Turtle, which is facing extiction in India
due to the overfishing of jellyfish to provide crunchy snacks for Chinese people.
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/153340.html