Jelification » jellyfish http://blog.je.ly Official blog of Je.ly Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:02:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 The Silent Invasion Of Immortal Jellyfish http://blog.je.ly/2009/11/11/the-silent-invasion-of-immortal-jellyfish/ http://blog.je.ly/2009/11/11/the-silent-invasion-of-immortal-jellyfish/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:58:10 +0000 admin http://blog.je.ly/?p=47 fft5_mf109661

From The Telegraph:

The Turritopsis Nutricula is able to revert back to a juvenile form once it mates after becoming sexually mature.

Marine biologists say the jellyfish numbers are rocketing because they need not die.

Dr Maria Miglietta of the Smithsonian Tropical Marine Institute said: “We are looking at a worldwide silent invasion.”

The jellyfish are originally from the Caribbean but have spread all over the world.

Turritopsis Nutricula is technically known as a hydrozoan and is the only known animal that is capable of reverting completely to its younger self.

]]> http://blog.je.ly/2009/11/11/the-silent-invasion-of-immortal-jellyfish/feed/ 0 Japanese fishing trawler sunk by giant jellyfish http://blog.je.ly/2009/11/08/japanese-fishing-trawler-sunk-by-giant-jellyfish/ http://blog.je.ly/2009/11/08/japanese-fishing-trawler-sunk-by-giant-jellyfish/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:28:05 +0000 admin http://blog.je.ly/?p=44 Nomura_s-jellyfish_1514656c

The trawler, the Diasan Shinsho-maru, capsized off Chiba`as its three-man crew was trying to haul in a net containing dozens of huge Nomura’s jellyfish.

Each of the jellyfish can weigh up to 200 kg and waters around Japan have been inundated with the creatures this year. Experts believe weather and water conditions in the breeding grounds, off the coast of China, have been ideal for the jellyfish in recent months.

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. (more)

The jellies are fighting for the whales now!

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The invasion begins!

The Jellyfish Nebula on Wikipedia

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Shiff arms jellyfish (Rhizostoma pulmo), originally uploaded by Arne Kuilman.

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