Invasion of giant jellyfish - Summit meeting called.
No sorry this is not a flier for a 'B' Sci-fi Horror Movie. Echizen Kurage are 6ft wide and weigh 450lb (22kg) with
countless poisonous tentacles. Vast armadas of the slimy horrors have cut off Japans food supply
The problem has become so serious that fishery officials from Japan, China and South Korea are to meet later this month
for a Jellyfish Summit, to discuss strategies for dealing with the invasion. Numbers have increased by 100 fold
and fishermens nets are broken by the sheer weight. The fish catch is poisoned and covered in slime. In many areas
fishing has been suspended.
Ever resourcefull, and making the best of it, locals have turned from complaining to eating them. Coastal communities
are doing their best to promote jellyfish as a novelty food, sold dried and salted.
NB. The most poisonous jellyfish is the the Australian sea wasp, or box jellyfish, with enough venom to kill 60 people.
Ausies report that wearing tights is an effective defense. Well is what what too much time outback with all those
frigging sheep does for blokes ?
