Great, now I'm never gonna swim in the ocean: "There are several species of big box jellyfish that have caused many deaths — these include chironex fleckeri in Australia, known as the "most lethal jellyfish in the world<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chironex_fleckeri> whose sting can kill in three minutes. "Just the lightest brush — you don't even feel it — and then, whammo, you're in more pain than you ever could have imagined, and you are struggling to breathe and you can't move your limbs and you can't stop vomiting and your blood pressure just keeps going up and up," says Gershwin. "It is really surprising how many places they occur around the world<http://travel.cnn.com/coming-europe-summer-jellyfish-600901> — places you would never expect: Hawaii, Caribbean, Florida, Wales, New Caledonia, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, India ... as well as Australia.""
On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 12:04 PM, Bill Bina <billb...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > You are not far off the mark, Fred. Overabundance of jellies is an > indicator of trouble like the canary in a coal mine. Not good news for the > rest of the ecosystem. > > Bill Bina > > > On 11/7/2013 11:35 AM, Frederick G Street wrote: > > They must be the cockroaches of the sea; they’ll be the only things left > swimming after the apocalypse… :^) > > Another advantage to sailing in fresh water. > > Fred Street -- Minneapolis > S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( > > On Nov 7, 2013, at 10:30 AM, Della Barba, Joe <joe.della.ba...@ssa.gov> > wrote: > > > http://science.slashdot.org/story/13/11/07/1559231/scientists-says-jellyfish-are-taking-over-the-oceans > > I was waiting for the little farging iceholes to go away so I could do one > last bottom scrub and now the river is down to 58 degrees or so and they > are STILL HERE. Die Die Die you little tentacle monsters!!!!!!!! > > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > >
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