Nomura s Jellyfish
Monday, November 2nd, 2009The Nomura’s Jellyfish is a giant jellyfish that is becoming a problem in Japan’s coastal villages. Read more here
A Japanese fishing trawler sunk by giant jellyfish.
The 10-ton fishing boat has been sunk by gigantic jellyfish off eastern Japan.
Trawler, Diasan Shinsho-Maru, was killed off Chiba “the three-person crew and tried to trip a net containing dozens of huge Nomura’s jellyfish.
Nomura’s Jellyfish is a very large Japanese jellyfish. It is the same size as the Lion’s mane jellyfish, cnidarian largest in the world. The jellyfish has a diameter slightly larger than the average height of a fully grown man.
Grow 2 meters (6 feet 7 inches) in diameter and weighing up to 220 kg (about 450 pounds), Nomura’s jellyfish live principally in the waters between China and Japan, mainly in the central Yellow Sea and East China Sea.
Each jellyfish can weigh up to 200 kg, and the waters around Japan, has been flooded with creatures of this year. Experts believe, the weather and water conditions for the growth of the coast of China, it is ideal for jellyfish in recent months.
The crew of the fishing vessel were thrown into the sea when the ship crashed, three men were rescued but another trawler the Mainichi newspaper. The local Coast Guard office announced that the weather was clear and the sea was calm about the accident. Read full story here
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♦Posted by: BBParks
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