Giant Nomura’s Jellyfish Attacking Asia!

By Alex in Animals & Pets on Dec 8, 2005 at 6:17 pm
Giant Nomura’s jellyfish, as big as 6 ft wide and as heavy as 450 lb, are invading the Sea of Japan. These large creatures are destroying fishermen’s nets and crushing the fish in their catch.

In a very typical Asian way, the Chinese, Japanese and Koreans are dealing with this problem by eating them: jellyfish are promoted as novelty food, dried and salted.

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  1. irv
    Jan 22nd, 2006 at 10:31 am

    we have interest in a jellyfish recipe advise

  2. JOHN TUCCILLO
    Jan 23rd, 2006 at 9:22 am

    NOW. IF SCIENCE COULD JUST COME UP WITH A PEANUT BUTTER FISH, THEN MY FRIENDS!

  3. DPRippie
    Jan 23rd, 2006 at 12:40 pm

    Do they come in rasberry?????

  4. Carlos
    Jan 23rd, 2006 at 1:05 pm

    Further proof that Asians will eat just about anything…

  5. Dave Robinson
    Jan 23rd, 2006 at 1:14 pm

    We could use a whole bunch of those in the Rio Grande river about now.

  6. Christi
    Jan 23rd, 2006 at 2:12 pm

    they should call susan sarandon instead

  7. dg
    Jan 23rd, 2006 at 2:29 pm

    Not to worry. Undoubtedly somebody over there will decide that the jelly, tentacles, venom, whatever, of the giant jellyfish is either a delicacy or an aphrodisiac, and they will be hunted relentlessly, the authorities will become alarmed and try to manage the resource, and then they will be poached into near extinction as they have with such silly things as horns from the black rhinoceros. Too bad we haven’t found a good use for the flesh of idiots.

  8. Savy
    Jan 29th, 2006 at 11:26 am

    Well I am asian and I think it;s genius! We always come up with such smart ideas to deal with the naturals diasters ..the Tsuami for example

  9. Rabbit
    Aug 11th, 2006 at 8:33 am

    I wouldn’t call eating everything smart, necessarily. Just resourceful. But you also eat man’s best friend, if that says anything about you.

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