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| Mystery Giant Jellyfish Washes up in Australia |
| 2014-02-07 |
| [An Nahar] Scientists were on Thursday working to classify a new species of giant jellyfish that washed up on an Australian beach, describing it as a "whopper" that took their breath away. The 1.5-metre (4 foot 11 inch) specimen was found by a family in the southern state of Tasmania, who contacted a local marine biologist. Lisa Gershwin, a scientist with the government's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), said the type of jellyfish had been seen in the past, but never one so big and not one that became beached. "We know about this specimen but it hasn't been classified yet, it hasn't been named," she told Agence La Belle France Presse, adding that there had been a massive jellyfish bloom in Tasmanian waters over the past month. She said the new species was related to the lion's mane jellyfish, the largest known species of the marine animal in the world. "It is so big it took our breath away," added Gershwin, who has been working with jellyfish for 20 years. "It's a whopper of an animal but it's not life-threatening, although it does sting." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 I think we have a winner at table #4. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-02-07 11:11 |
| #4 I didn't know John Boehner was even IN Australia? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2014-02-07 11:08 |
| #3 Obama |
| Posted by: Frank G 2014-02-07 10:35 |
| #2 Remnants of Oprah's liposuction? |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2014-02-07 10:31 |
| #1 "We know about this specimen but it hasn't been classified yet, it hasn't been named," Jellozilla ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-02-07 10:10 |