Posts Tagged ‘nomura jellyfish’

Snorkelers, What Would You Do?

Monday, February 1st, 2010

What would you do if you saw a 6 foot – 650 pound jellyfish? Walk on water? That is what I would do as I was heading back to the boat or shore. The jellyfish I am talking about is the Nomura Jellyfish.

For the past 3 summers, Japanese fishing boats continue to capsize beause of these large underwater creatures. The giant jellyfish get caught in the fishing nets and the fishermen do not know that the creatures are in the net and when they bring the nets up, the weight overturns the boats.

Read more on CNN, MSNBC and National Geographics.

Here is a video that I enjoyed and I hope you will. It will show you how large the Nomura Jellyfish are.