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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums12 Terrifying Facts About Jellyfish and Why They're Taking Over!
Yes, folks just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water!
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12 Terrifying Facts About Jellyfish and Why They're Taking Over! (Original Post)
MoonRiver
Sep 2013
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BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)1. I'll order jellyfish salad from now on
when I go out for Chinese or Japanese food!
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)2. I don't think I could eat jellyfish.
Looks slimy.
BillyRibs
(787 posts)3. Time to harvest them. seems like
Dried and ground up they would make a Great Fertilizer!
X_Digger
(18,585 posts)4. Which would be poetic justice, since..
.. fertilizer run-off is one source of plankton which is theorized to be one reason they're exploding.
sings off-key -- it's the ciiiircle of liiiiife
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)5. Yes, it is. At least life of the man made variety.
whttevrr
(2,345 posts)8. This was my thought...
I wonder if it would be profitable to harvest them as fertilizer?
COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)6. I for one welcome the arrival of
our new jellyfish overlords.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)7. They can't do any worse than we have!
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)9. Time for the Navy to deploy its secret weapon.
Initech
(100,064 posts)11. Sharknado2: This time it's personal!
DirkGently
(12,151 posts)10. I think it's going to be squid. But these guys bear watching!