Comments on: Giant jellyfish invade Japan http://boingboing.net/2009/07/30/giant-jellyfish-inva.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 01:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/30/giant-jellyfish-inva.html#comment-669954 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-669954 wow those are some massive jellyfish my dad is in japan at the moment he said he almost got stung ouchez! wow those are some massive jellyfish my dad is in japan at the moment he said he almost got stung
ouchez!

]]> By: Meduse http://boingboing.net/2009/07/30/giant-jellyfish-inva.html#comment-555784 Meduse Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-555784 I don't think you're ready for this jelly. Not sure about delicious, but they're apparently very low calorie (except perhaps in ice cream form). A superfood to market to dieters? I don’t think you’re ready for this jelly.

Not sure about delicious, but they’re apparently very low calorie (except perhaps in ice cream form). A superfood to market to dieters?

]]> By: mdh http://boingboing.net/2009/07/30/giant-jellyfish-inva.html#comment-555787 mdh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-555787 <i>Once upon a time, the sea was nothing BUT jellies. This could happen again and if it does, you would likely die. </i> spot on. That would be big, and appears to be our current trajectory. Once upon a time, the sea was nothing BUT jellies. This could happen again and if it does, you would likely die.

spot on. That would be big, and appears to be our current trajectory.

]]> By: JimXugle http://boingboing.net/2009/07/30/giant-jellyfish-inva.html#comment-555300 JimXugle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-555300 But are they edible? But are they edible?

]]> By: Kieran O'Neill http://boingboing.net/2009/07/30/giant-jellyfish-inva.html#comment-555571 Kieran O'Neill Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-555571 @Patrick Dodds: See <a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/slideshows/monster-jellyfish.html">this article</a> (and a photo with the diver at a more comparable distance from the camera). Note that they claim in the article that the things can grow up to 2 metres (6 foot) in diameter. @Jimxugle, re edibility: <a href="http://www.pinktentacle.com/2006/10/cookies-made-from-giant-jellyfish/">Cookies made from giant jellyfish</a>: <i>"students from Obama Fisheries High School in Fukui prefecture developed a method for turning the invading jellyfish into powder. A Fukui-area company followed up with a cookie recipe that includes the powdered jellyfish as an ingredient. The result is a cookie with a superbly textured sweetness nicely complemented by the bitter, salty flavor of jellyfish."</i> @Patrick Dodds: See this article (and a photo with the diver at a more comparable distance from the camera). Note that they claim in the article that the things can grow up to 2 metres (6 foot) in diameter.

@Jimxugle, re edibility:

Cookies made from giant jellyfish:
“students from Obama Fisheries High School in Fukui prefecture developed a method for turning the invading jellyfish into powder. A Fukui-area company followed up with a cookie recipe that includes the powdered jellyfish as an ingredient. The result is a cookie with a superbly textured sweetness nicely complemented by the bitter, salty flavor of jellyfish.”

]]> By: sgj http://boingboing.net/2009/07/30/giant-jellyfish-inva.html#comment-555327 sgj Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-555327 Forget edible... Can we get high on this? Forget edible… Can we get high on this?

]]> By: Fred H http://boingboing.net/2009/07/30/giant-jellyfish-inva.html#comment-555585 Fred H Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-555585 @#4, StRevAlex, It's funny because I've heard them referred to as the "cockroaches of the sea." I agree with you, they look neat-o. @#4, StRevAlex,
It’s funny because I’ve heard them referred to as the “cockroaches of the sea.” I agree with you, they look neat-o.

]]> By: l'elk! http://boingboing.net/2009/07/30/giant-jellyfish-inva.html#comment-555334 l'elk! Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-555334 this should be the image posted in the article... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v95/iamthedigitalme/jellyfishattack.jpg this should be the image posted in the article…

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v95/iamthedigitalme/jellyfishattack.jpg

]]> By: Ned613 http://boingboing.net/2009/07/30/giant-jellyfish-inva.html#comment-556113 Ned613 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-556113 "But are they edible?" Its simply a matter of supply and demand. If they were edible we would have jellyfish aquaculture by now. “But are they edible?”

Its simply a matter of supply and demand. If they were edible we would have jellyfish aquaculture by now.

]]> By: JIMWICh http://boingboing.net/2009/07/30/giant-jellyfish-inva.html#comment-555633 JIMWICh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-555633 In my alternate, much more awesome universe these giant jellyfish aren't merely edible, they're delicious! And what's more, there are also peanutbutterfish. In my alternate, much more awesome universe these giant jellyfish aren’t merely edible, they’re delicious! And what’s more, there are also peanutbutterfish.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/07/30/giant-jellyfish-inva.html#comment-555640 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-555640 not funny. Once upon a time, the sea was nothing BUT jellies. This could happen again and if it does, you would likely die. not funny. Once upon a time, the sea was nothing BUT jellies. This could happen again and if it does, you would likely die.

]]> By: StRevAlex http://boingboing.net/2009/07/30/giant-jellyfish-inva.html#comment-555404 StRevAlex Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-555404 They're just beautiful. Jellyfish are the great Mysteries of the Sea. They’re just beautiful. Jellyfish are the great Mysteries of the Sea.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/30/giant-jellyfish-inva.html#comment-555407 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-555407 I saw a fantastic documentary about these jellyfish once, in which they explained that the Japanese first tried to get rid of them by cutting them to pieces with special nets (IIRC). But the jellyfish responded by releasing all their eggs and sperm in the sea, thus ensuring the maximum amount of offspring possible. So they have to be gotten rid of in some other way. I saw a fantastic documentary about these jellyfish once, in which they explained that the Japanese first tried to get rid of them by cutting them to pieces with special nets (IIRC). But the jellyfish responded by releasing all their eggs and sperm in the sea, thus ensuring the maximum amount of offspring possible. So they have to be gotten rid of in some other way.

]]> By: SomeGuy http://boingboing.net/2009/07/30/giant-jellyfish-inva.html#comment-555410 SomeGuy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-555410 JIMXUGLE @1 Only with peanutbutterfish. JIMXUGLE @1

Only with peanutbutterfish.

]]> By: Patrick Dodds http://boingboing.net/2009/07/30/giant-jellyfish-inva.html#comment-555411 Patrick Dodds Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-555411 Erm, aren't the jellyfish close to the camera, the divers not, and, erm, they look big? What's the word - per-something.... This idea has been cleverly explained on that well known physics programme, Father Ted: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmU_q5xrnto Erm, aren’t the jellyfish close to the camera, the divers not, and, erm, they look big? What’s the word – per-something….

This idea has been cleverly explained on that well known physics programme, Father Ted:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmU_q5xrnto

]]> By: seyo http://boingboing.net/2009/07/30/giant-jellyfish-inva.html#comment-555413 seyo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-555413 #1 beat me to it, was my first thought. #1 beat me to it, was my first thought.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/30/giant-jellyfish-inva.html#comment-555673 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-555673 what is the cost of Japan these days? what is the cost of Japan these days?

]]> By: Nadreck http://boingboing.net/2009/07/30/giant-jellyfish-inva.html#comment-555684 Nadreck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-555684 I, for one, welcome our new jellyfish overlords. I, for one, welcome our new jellyfish overlords.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/30/giant-jellyfish-inva.html#comment-555438 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-555438 I for one welcome etc etc... I for one welcome etc etc…

]]> By: bohemianwriter http://boingboing.net/2009/07/30/giant-jellyfish-inva.html#comment-555701 bohemianwriter Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-555701 Funny the comment about whether they're edible because in the process of writing a blog post for my Animal Planet story on the topic, I learned a company is actually making ICE CREAM of all things out of them! Eww! http://blogs.discovery.com/animal_news/ Funny the comment about whether they’re edible because in the process of writing a blog post for my Animal Planet story on the topic, I learned a company is actually making ICE CREAM of all things out of them! Eww! http://blogs.discovery.com/animal_news/

]]> By: Shimray http://boingboing.net/2009/07/30/giant-jellyfish-inva.html#comment-555461 Shimray Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-555461 Photoshop... :] Photoshop… :]

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/30/giant-jellyfish-inva.html#comment-556013 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-556013 Most photos of Nomura's jellyfish use perspective to make them look bigger. It's tremendously annoying. Most photos of Nomura’s jellyfish use perspective to make them look bigger. It’s tremendously annoying.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/30/giant-jellyfish-inva.html#comment-899058 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-899058 i think they are beatyfull creatures and u guys should leave them alone and stop talking about eating them i think they are beatyfull creatures and u guys should leave them alone and stop talking about eating them

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/30/giant-jellyfish-inva.html#comment-555511 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-555511 Hey, patrick, got a link that'll work for us USians? Hey, patrick, got a link that’ll work for us USians?

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