Quote :

"And what a catch. One Echizen kurage can be up to 2 meters (6 feet, 7 inches) in diameter and weigh up to 200 kilograms (440 pounds)."

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/01/19/japan.jellyfish.reut/index.html

1/19/2006 8:45:32 AM

is damn right

1/19/2006 8:46:57 AM

I WOULD SHIT MY PANTS

1/19/2006 9:02:53 AM

what?! that is crazy. I'd rather see a shark in the water with me.

1/19/2006 9:04:43 AM

you would need a lotta PEANUT BUTTER to go with that

1/19/2006 9:23:29 AM

jelly doesn't come from jellyfish moron

1/19/2006 9:31:27 AM

thats fucking METROID dude.

[image]http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:ZSFu9oorc3HxjM:http://www.gameswelike.com/web/images/Metroid/Metroid%2520Render.jpg[/image]

1/19/2006 10:07:06 AM

thats fucking METROID dude.

1/19/2006 10:07:29 AM

omg thats fucking disgusting looking

1/19/2006 12:38:29 PM

THATS CRAZY NUTS

1/19/2006 12:41:58 PM

you would need a lotta PEANUT BUTTER to go with that

1/19/2006 12:43:30 PM

Quote :

"forcing fishermen to spend hours hacking them apart"

1/19/2006 1:02:40 PM

that's not even the biggest that jellyfish can get
I don't understand why they can't market this as a delicacy in Japan and turn their fishing problems around -- it seems to me that the Japanese consume everything they possibly can from the ocean -- say it's an aphrodisiac, they'll eat it up

1/19/2006 1:18:46 PM

^

Quote :

"Seaside communities in Japan have tried to capitalize on the menace by developing novel jellyfish dishes from tofu to ice cream, but for some reason the recipes have failed to take off."

I like the other alternative though

Quote :

"Participants at Thursday's conference said they had experimented with feeding the jellyfish to farmed crabs and using them as fertilizer."

That would seem to make sense. Gods just throwing lemons.

1/19/2006 1:34:35 PM

1/19/2006 1:35:50 PM

AGH!! i would not want to be that diver...NO SIR...nope...fuck that.

1/19/2006 2:03:49 PM

Quote :

"A diver swims behind a giant nomura jellyfish in waters off Echizen, Japan."

thats the caption from the pic in the article...is it just me or would it be completely fucking stupid to swim BEHIND a jellyfish, with its millions of stinging cells and all?

granted, the diver is in fact in front of and to the side of the jellyfish

1/19/2006 5:18:37 PM

where's the best place to be around a driver you expect of being drunk?

behind him.

if you are in front of them, they could come at you without having time to react

1/19/2006 5:21:02 PM

Quote :

"jelly doesn't come from jellyfish moron"

hahahaha

1/19/2006 5:21:24 PM

gotta watch out for those giant, drunk jellyfish

1/19/2006 5:25:19 PM

Fuck a beach. The ocean scares the shit outta me.

1/19/2006 5:37:01 PM

I think I would shit my wetsuit if I saw one of those that big

give me sharks any day

1/19/2006 8:26:59 PM

the ocean is full of terrible things

it seems like there's no real reason for a jellyfish that huge to exist, other than to bewilder and terrify humans

1/19/2006 10:14:59 PM

this happened to me one time playing mario bros.
i just waited till i had fireballs or a star

1/19/2006 10:17:42 PM

i would shit my pants too if i hadn't read this article...

but since now we know they are not dangerous to humans, i wouldn't freak out.

either way, i would rather encounter one of those than a giant squid, which can be anywhere from 2 to 5 times as large.

http://brentroad.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=354958

1/19/2006 11:04:26 PM

Quote :

""It's a terrible problem. They're like aliens,""

Quote :

"Scientists have suggested global warming might be a factor."

[Edited on January 19, 2006 at 11:26 PM. Reason : its affecting EVERYTHING!]

1/19/2006 11:23:10 PM

It looks like the cameraman is close to a small jelly fish and a swimmer is off in the distance making it look bigger than it is

1/20/2006 12:08:19 AM

Quote :

""Scientists have suggested global warming might be a factor.""

let's blame bush for the giant jellyfish!

1/20/2006 12:17:02 AM

Quote :

"Fuck a beach. The ocean scares the shit outta me."

Damn right.

1/20/2006 7:22:42 AM

Quote :

"but since now we know they are not dangerous to humans, i wouldn't freak out."

I mean, it said they can sting people..... I bet you'd still feel pretty odd swimming around next to a 440lb slab of matter even if it wasn't likely to kill you.

[Edited on January 20, 2006 at 10:22 AM. Reason : ]

1/20/2006 10:21:31 AM

there was a special on national geographic last night on killer jellyfish in austrailia.....there is one called the irukandji jellyfish. It is the size of a fingernail but it can pretty much kill you really quickly. two people got stung during the show on like a tiny portion of their bodies and the girl was sick for almost 2 weeks straight. I'm never swimming in australia.

1/20/2006 10:57:21 AM

I think australia also has that fish that jabs a spike-like thing into your foot when you step on it.

[Edited on January 20, 2006 at 11:03 AM. Reason : ]

1/20/2006 11:03:12 AM

^I've been stung by one of those. Hurts like hell.

1/20/2006 11:20:35 AM

What about those snail like things in Gaum or somewhere that can thrust a venomous dart... I saw a show on the Disc. Channel where a Marine was holding two of them for a pic and they stung him. He died of the nuerotoxin in like less than a minute.

I'm glad we don't have that shit in the Gulf... and if we do, don't fuckin' tell me about it. I'm a diver and the worst thing I've had to deal with is curious baracudas.

1/20/2006 12:08:38 PM

if you bounce on the top of them, they wont sting you

I think they mean the diver is behind the jellyfish in relation to the camera

1/20/2006 12:14:48 PM