Giant Jellyfish

[bascule]

Yeah, crazy...

 

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/01/19/japan.jellyfish.reut/index.html

 

[Xyph]

Wow.

 

One Echizen kurage can be up to 2 meters (6 feet, 7 inches) in diameter and weigh up to 200 kilograms (440 pounds).

Is it just me, or does that jellyfish look a lot bigger than 2 meters?

[Sayonara]

Bit of photoshopping there methinks.

[Cap'n Refsmmat]

Bit more realistic size, I think.

[starbug1]

that's still remarkably large. So does this mean we have giant squid and giant jellyfish? What's next.

[EvoN1020v]

I wonder if its poisionous tentacles are strong enough to kill a human? Because I picked up a jellyfish in PEI (Prince Edward Island located in Canada) one time before, and when you touch its bottom it stings. But if you touch its top, it doesn't hurt. Imagine that..

[herpguy]

that's still remarkably large. So does this mean we have giant squid and giant jellyfish? What's next.

Giant anacondas?

 

One word about the jellyfish, WOW!!!

[Sayonara]

I wonder if its poisionous tentacles are strong enough to kill a human?

It does actually say in the article that they aren't.

[EvoN1020v]

Pardon Me

[AzurePhoenix]

It does actually say in the article that they aren't.

I read that though they typically aren't deadly, some people can have a particularly nasty and fatal reaction. Wiki, I think.

[Sayonara]

The same is true for any animal whose venom can cause anaphylactic shock, but they're still considered non-lethal.

[AzurePhoenix]

heh, I'm one of those mega-pessimists. I look at a strawberry or peanut and say "see that there? It might not hurt you or me, but somewhere, deep down, it has the heart of a potential killer"

[Bluenoise]

Lions mane Jellyfish can get even bigger. Up to 2.5 meters in diameter.

[AzurePhoenix]

And their tentacles can be much longer, some as much as a hundred plus feet, but most lions manes are smaller in size, they just have the potential of getting larger. Are they as massive though?