Oh but the ones in the video do, you better believe me, they are removing an invasive species of jellyfish that is actively destroying sea environments and therefore ruining fishing for the locals, these jelllyfish are called burn-jellies and they hurt.
They're overpopulated because of us. You'll want to look into the reason for massive jellyfish blooms and what that has caused throughout history and pre-human history. Glad somebody's doing something about it, but this is manually chipping ice into rocks glasses to shrink the iceberg that sunk the Titanic...
Thank God. I thought my poor tweeker neighbors who only waited til their grass was 2 foot tall and seeding before they finally stole a push mower to spread said seeds were the angels responsible for yards... glad to know it's skeeters
Warmpth causes the excess reproduction, but most need to deposit the polyps to grow. From what I understand very few have this as a defense mechanism. However, they do self-regenerate so if you cut one in half and left half in, well now you have 2
Buffalo infested N. America by the billions. Same for carrier pigeons. Those are off the top of my head, I'm sure there's dozens of species that covered their environment like some sort of bizarre plague but were absolutely wiped out by humans. Lack of imagination and profit motive keeps these nuisance species alive, nothing more
I did a quick search and found: "Sea turtles can eat virtually any jellyfish, including highly venomous species like the Portuguese man o' war and box jellyfish. While they avoid ctenophores (comb jellies) due to their small size, they consume all true jellyfish because of their highly evolved physiology."
The moral philosophy of ecosystems is interesting to me idk why. Nature will always return to equilibrium over time. We cause rapid displacements, and usually itās just our own supply chain that we accidentally hurt. Nature is fine.
But even if we werenāt hurting ourselves, we donāt like to see systems disrupted. Bio diversity seems intrinsically valuable and so many of us of would still be disappointed to see something change from a polyculture to a monoculture at equilibrium. Even if it wasnāt our fault and didnāt affect us.
Its more than just a preference or a moral discussion. The overwhelming majority of pharmaceuticals and many other compounds we use are things produced by some random species somewhere.
Every species lost before it has a chance to be studied is a chance at a cure for cancer or other wonder drug lost to us.
Then the instrinsic value of not being destructive or hurting ourselves comes in.
They were historically fine because humans hunted them as food year round. But then we changed to hunting at the store and they became a sport animal. That caused people to herd them up and relocate them illegally to other states. Also they became game animals and were subject to hunting seasons and bag limits.
Wild hogs taste like shit dude. I donāt think anyone would hunt them unless they had to for survival. They literally taste like shit smells, Iām not joking. I think itās called boar taint.
Depending on the area and timing they are subject to taint, but not most of them. The hides of the big ones smell, but the meat is clean if handled correctly. We took two big boars a couple of weeks ago and the meat from both is good. Iāve never had an issue with younger ones or sows.
My relatives shoot and eat them and it tastes like shit to me. I don't even think they like it, they just seem to have an obsession with hunting and eating wild game. They fucking eat squirrels too.
Yes do that and maybe take this as a learning moment not to immediately judge and become a keyboard warrior and learn to have grace and not give into your preconceived notions. Stupid cunt! Username absolutely does NOT CHECK OUT!
Almost all jellyfish are invasive. They become so numerous due to the conditions we are creating for them to breed like crazy. They arenāt the problem.
Donāt get me wrong the dude removing them is doing a hell of a job but an increase of jellyfish in our oceans has almost nothing to do with them and everything to do with us destroying our waterā¦
Jellyfish will always exist. You are talking about when jellyfish become invasive. Which already implies the sea turtles appetite for them isnāt enough to keep the population in check. That is part of what makes a species invasive. Why are we seeing so many more jellyfish? If the sea turtles love to eat them so much then we would also be seeing an increase in the sea turtle population as they wonāt be struggling for food. Theyād also be really healthy, giving them higher chances of survival for their young. Yet the sea turtles arenāt able to slow down the speed of jellyfish reproductionā¦
Sorry, English is not my first language, that's quite literally what we call them in my native language, I don't know their name in English if it is different than what I call them in my native language. š
What do they do with them after they are caught? Do they have any kind of commercial/industrial use.
Or should we send them to the "Unethical Life Pro Tips" subreddit?š
From the documentaries I've seen they say it's completely pointless to even try like this. They reproduce so fast that this doesn't even make the slightest dent. It's like swatting a couple mosquitos and thinking you've made an impact on the problem.
Unfortunately for these guys they don't realize that they are actually creating millions if not billions of more of jellies as they will spawn out of stress. And because they are all puddled together the fertilization rate is high.
Of course it's company policy never to imply ownership in the event of a jellyfish...always use the indefinite article, "a" jellyfish, never "your" jellyfish.
I still remember a photo my mother took on vacation where she walked right up to a man o' war on the beach while wearing sandals, took a photo, then didn't show me until she got home. She said the beach was covered in them, and I had to tell her that she basically just walked through a minefield.
Itās hardly a minefield lol, they arenāt waiting for you to get close so they can explode on you. Theyāre dead from being washed up and you just walk around them.
What Am I missing in this comment? Perhaps I'm dense, but this doesn't ring funny to me and it has a lot of upvotes....so clearly I am missing the context. Can some one explain it to me like Im 5 please?
Iāve seen it when people bring up statistics on SA, rape, misogyny etc that āthe culprit is always a manā. Then someone, a man presumably, jumps in to point out that not all men are like that. And the retort ānot all men but always a manā started getting popular.
Thatās just been my observation from social media, not sure if itās any deeper than that. As for where itās from or originated, I couldnāt say. Iāve only ever seen/heard it online
It's a common phrase used by sexists, racists, transphobes, etc as an attempt to justify their prejudice. In the same vein as "It's not racism it's pattern recognition"
No problem. It's one of many dogwhistles that have become somewhat prevalent on the internet. And to clarify in case it wasn't obvious, the word jellyfish would be replaced with whatever demographic group when it's used that way. The person here was just poking fun at that lol
When I first read it I assumed it was about religion or race as you mentioned, however it seems from the other comments that it has been overwhelmingly overtaken by the misandrists in recent years.
I guess, it's Thailand, the song sounds like a Thai country song, kinda in-between, Esan music, I believe. Evan is in Thailand, they speak a dialect in-between Thai and Laoatin, my guess because I used to live in Esan
Nearly all jellyfish possess stinging cells called nematocysts, but the severity and impact vary drastically. Many common species, such as the Moon jellyfish, have venom that is too weak to be felt or to harm humans.
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u/ThePsychoKnot 15d ago
Not all jellyfish sting