What’s 6 feet wide, weighs 440 pounds, and can ruin your whole day? If you’re a Japanese fisherman, the answer is weird monster jellyfish named Nomura’s jellyfish ( Nemopilema nomurai ), or, as the Japanese call it, echizen kurage . The gigantic creature can wreak havoc on fishing nets and their contents, destroying the nets and poisoning the catch. Even nuclear powerplants aren’t safe: Reports describe the jellyfish being sucked into pumps that draw seawater to cool the reactors. Echizen kurage have shown up in Japanese waters in increasing numbers in recent years. The population surge of 2005 was particularly bad, affecting the salmon , yellowtail , and anchovy fisheries . But the mass of them gathering now in the Yellow Sea of China is the biggest ever, and eventually ocean currents will deliver them to Japan’s doorstep. Have a look at this video about this weird monster jelly fish Posted by our ex-author Mac in orkut’s wnn community Technorati Tag
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