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Japanese fishing trawler sunk by giant jellyfish
Telegraph UK ^
| Nov 2, 2009
| Julian Ryall
Posted on 11/02/2009 7:53:04 PM PST by RDTF
A 10-ton fishing boat has been sunk by gigantic jellyfish off eastern Japan.
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The crew of the fishing boat was thrown into the sea when the vessel capsized, but the three men were rescued by another trawler, according to the Mainichi newspaper. The local Coast Guard office reported that the weather was clear and the sea was calm at the time of the accident.
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TOPICS: Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: cryptobiology; cryptozoology; jellyfish; seamonster; seamonsters
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To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA
I'm sure some expert will blame "climate change" for the population explosion in giant jellyfish. Like maybe this one, who is starting to resemble a giant jellyfish himself:
To: Yardstick
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posted on
11/02/2009 8:19:20 PM PST
by
RDTF
(Honk if I Helped You Buy Your New Car)
To: RDTF
The local Coast Guard office reported that the weather was clear and the sea was calm at the time of the accident.
Any floating saki bottles?
To: RDTF
To: RDTF
Screw you dolphin and whale! ...er...jellyfish!
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posted on
11/02/2009 8:24:34 PM PST
by
killjoy
(Life sucks, wear a helmet.)
To: Patrick1
Much...
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11/02/2009 8:27:30 PM PST
by
Cyber Ninja
(His legacy is a stain OnTheDress)
To: RDTF
Let’s see, a 10-ton boat is about 20,000 pounds. And they were trying to haul in a net containing “dozens” of 440-pound giant jellyfish. Three dozen of those things would be roughly 16,000 pounds. I think I can see the potential there for capsizing. Those blobs are big.
To: Secret Agent Man
Good for the Japs, there are way too many useless whales!
Harpoon a whale, save a fat chick!
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11/02/2009 8:33:47 PM PST
by
dalereed
To: RDTF
They already made this movie.
To: RepublitarianRoger2
Every whale they kill saves 20,000 chickens and 42 million krill.
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11/02/2009 9:42:49 PM PST
by
eclecticEel
(The Most High rules in the kingdom of men ... and sets over it the basest of men.)
To: Army Air Corps
To: Candor7
That’s one for the aquariums for sure, not for the dinner table!
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posted on
11/02/2009 9:59:26 PM PST
by
AmericanInTokyo
(SHAME ON YOU. (If Hoffman loses & all you did was talk about him on FR, neither donating $$ or time)
To: AmericanInTokyo
The thing must have weighed several tons to capsize a fishing trawler!
Maybe Mothra lives!
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posted on
11/02/2009 10:39:51 PM PST
by
Candor7
(The effective weapons Against Fascism are ridicule, derision, and truth (.Member NRA)
To: OnTheDress
Is that photoshopped, or real?
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posted on
11/02/2009 11:48:31 PM PST
by
Talisker
(When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on it's own.)
To: Talisker
I don’t know. But, it looks pretty good.
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11/03/2009 11:02:21 AM PST
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Cyber Ninja
(His legacy is a stain OnTheDress)
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