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Giant Jellyfish seen off the coast of Japan

timesonline.co.uk — Wild stuff. Jellyfish 6ft wide and weigh 450lb (200kg), with countless poisonous tentacles, they have drifted across the void to terrorize the people of Japan.

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warmonger48, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Save us Godzilla!!!
minime283, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Wow.
fudgebrown, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0that's one big jelly
roqua, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I love how the terrible poison of the giant jellyfish can be foiled by wearing a wetsuit.
FunkyWitDaSysTm, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0what the hell?
yorick, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I could swear that I've seen a Photoshopped picture that was really similar to this on Snopes or something.
celeb, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4"6ft wide and weigh 450lb"

sounds like the counter staff at McDonalds in anytown USA:)
LeFrenzy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0MASAKA!
zediker, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I for one support our new gelatinous masters!
TheAttacks, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0I used to live in Japan, and once a year during a certain season all beaches are shut down to swimmers because of the LARGE AMOUNT of jelly fish that are in the waters.

Jeremiah
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http://www.flackos.com
billizm, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I don't think I would want to get that close to one of those.
orangetiki, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0TOHO (?) did say they wanted to make one more movie.....
x2dx, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0to many hamburgers
bubbaray, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3get me a 600 square foot slab of peanut butter and a 5000 lb loaf of bread and we got one hell of a sandwich
sLydE, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I decided that I don't actually need the original articles most of the time on this site. I could just sit here and refresh all of the comments. sheer hilarity.
Namco, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Here's what I learned from the article: Wearing tights is good defense against a smack of jellyfish.
SpacemanSpiff, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It always comes back to global warming doesn't it? I think that's the new trendy excuse.
frequencyone, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1It serves them right after all of those years of tentaclephilia in thier comic books...
geuis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I wonder if tights are good at protecting us from anything else...
JesperL, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"It always comes back to global warming doesn't it? I think that's the new trendy excuse."

Heh, I didn't do my homework because of global warming and giant jellyfish.
krakelohm, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0GOD-ZIRRRAAAAAA
Iriel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Save us Godzilla?

F--- that, I'm calling Gamera!

Hey Spiff, at least global warming is a better excuse than terrorists.

Either way, I think the article brings up an interesting point that they describe something that seems so alien that they point out that it is not an extraterrestrial. I think we should explore more of the deeper oceanic organisms before we continue poking around in space.
maklershed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Doesn't that picture look like a forced perspective shot of a small jellyfish in the foreground with a scuba diver far away from the camera?
goduke06, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0holy ***** im gonna go wet my self hold on
dimplemonkey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Spongebob's pretty good at catching jellyfish. Why don't we send him?
_skin_, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Poor translation and...
"Doesn't that picture look like a forced perspective shot of a small jellyfish in the foreground with a scuba diver far away from the camera?"

=Fake
mightymouse, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0hahaha hahaha there ARE NO FISH in japan's waters anyways. they ate them all. sushi sushi sushi
mancat, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0If there were a seasonal excess of feces in Japan, they'd find some way to work it into their diet. The Japanese will eat any god damn thing that they can cut down into bit sizes.
dimplemonkey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Ooh! A collection of jellyfish is called a smack! So are they going to have a smackdown off coastal Japan with the fisherman?
Baloo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1While I initally thought it was fake some research has unveiled a couple of things
1/ The scientific name for this beast is Nemopilema nomurai
2/ It's edible
3/ You can read about Jellyfish fisheries here http://www.seaturtle.org/PDF/Omori_2001_Hydrobiol.pdf
(it's not that interesting full of scientific analysis that few would find stimulating.. but hey if you can't sleep)
OSUTodd23, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1How's this for giant: http://www.mikefullerton.com/blog/content/binary/giant_jellyfish.jpg
bentwookiee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I don't think you ready...
mushoo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0That John Allison, I always knew he was right.
How the Portuguese ManOWar seethes.
I wonder if a real life Shelley will come to our rescue.
http://www.scarygoround.com/index.php?date=20041112
shamam, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"…and for reasons that remain mysterious its numbers have surged in the past few months."

Clearly because the monsters from Surface have eaten all of their natural predators.
entropy357, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"...they have drifted across the void to terrorize the people of Japan..."

Maybe it was just going for a walk. :)

Seriously, why is a creature that is just doing what is does naturally, refered to as "going to terrorize" people?
OSUTodd23, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0"Maybe it was just going for a walk. :)"

You mean for a wok?
dantheape, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0-Seriously, why is a creature that is just doing what is does naturally, refered to as "going to terrorize" people?-

i agree completely. Planes got hijacked all the time before now they are "terrorists"

heh jk
UnclePunk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0INSERT KY JELLY JOKE HERE
hansi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0da'hum
Belly, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0That is pretty crazy. I would of never thought of seeing that.
Web_Weasel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0That's just creepy. I'm almost glad I live in Kansas.
duce, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0damn thats one Huge Jelly fish. maybe we need to make a MC Donalds Super Sizes Fried Jelly Fish Menu and sell it in japan ;)
monofonik, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Alright, so it's like this.
Me, a couple rocket-propelled grenade launchers, some shotguns, ak-47s and enough ammo to fight off the entire population of China.

Who's with me? Let's ***** these ***** up.
TargetDog, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I work for the Giant jellyfish.

So I am really getting a kick out of most of these replies.

Some of you guys are very good at making it sound like you know what you are talking about.

But trust me.... You don't.

I think you just want to make yourself sound smart, when in reality you dont know what you are talking about.

This is how bad info gets passed around.

If you dont know about the topic....Dont make yourself sound like you do.

Cuz some Diggers belive anything they hear.
osbjmg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Agreed.

But let's try not to

use too many line breaks

it makes your statement look silly!

It's godzirra!

TargetDog, can you clarify some information about the Giant Jellyfish you work for, is it Al Gore?
gmoney, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0aww man why does Japan always get the cool monsters! :(
I want a monster too!
TheROK, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I love coming here to get updates on gigantic sea creatures.
killerofkiller, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0imagine diving into the water off of ur boat and landing face first into that... oh boy
NidStyles, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0That would feed a few hundred people easily.
MisterKen, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Global warming...You can blame everything on it!

I also like the idea that the jellyfish are "terrorizing" Japan.
Visions of frightened Japanese huddled in their homes, peeking out the windows in fear of another attack.
Priceless.
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