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A million or more jellyfish dead - Feb. 8th, 2011!

 
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blue bottle bastards!.. bring on the 1 billion dead and i'll be happy
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is that a promise?

lol

and can we check back with you on that?
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Re: A million or more jellyfish dead - Feb. 8th, 2011!
OP something uncontrollable is happening, we unfortunately are stuck in the crossfire of these strange new earth changes we are seeing and strange occurances that seem to happen daily. the scary part is something COULD be causing this and we dont know what or why these deaths are happening(each theory is not 100% accurate but each have their merits as being plausible reasons). all i can say is i believe its going to get much worse before it gets better...
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being out of control is frightening to most it seems, even on the smallest levels. yes.

as long as they held the belief that there was something that could be done or that they themselves could do to change things in some fashion, they felt empowered even in the face of the most untennible circumstance.

perhaps that is why this is happening on some deeper level and it has less to do with what we think we know and more to do with what we believe.
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Re: A million or more jellyfish dead - Feb. 8th, 2011!
I don't feel especially confident of the explanations offered thus far...



well in and of itself that's constitutes a viable/palpable improvement in awareness quotient

no matter how well informed we believe we are or have been, there is always more.
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Sorry if this is a double post!
 Quoting: Juniper from Jupiter

Thank goodness! Good thing I didn't walk on the beach today.. I've seen this happen before..and I am on the east coast.
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blue bottle bastards!.. bring on the 1 billion dead and i'll be happy
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I've noticed dead blue bottles on our beaches - not huge numbers but I don't really remember seeing them before.
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Re: A million or more jellyfish dead - Feb. 8th, 2011!
99% of every animal that has ever lived on this planet has gone extinct
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Don't know if there's a connection, but remember the giant jellyfish crop circle?

[link to damncoolpics.blogspot.com]

I believe that was the same summer there were butterfly and bird crop circles ... warnings perhaps?
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blue bottle bastards!.. bring on the 1 billion dead and i'll be happy
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is that a promise?

lol

and can we check back with you on that?
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Everything has it's place.. a million dead of anything is not a good anything...
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i agree with OP, if this case were isolated it wouldnt be a huge deal, but its the timing that makes this event intriguing. all these deaths happening now in the same general timespan is frightening to say the least...
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It's really really sad. Did you guys see the thread about the wales beaching themselves? There were like 80 wales that beached themselves!

Pretty soon we're not going to have any wildlife at all with the way this keeps going. Pretty soon it's going to be us dropping dead all over the place of unknown causes. And if whatever is killing all these animals doesn't kill us, it's going to be the disruption in the food chain that brings on our demise.

Honestly, at this point, we need to pray for a fucking miracle. And I'm not even religious.
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Hello my dear friend,
don't worry about the animals dieing, they are suppose to at this time in the circle of life, soon you will know who you truly are, keep the faith in all thats good,
we have friends in high places, people must wake up, and suffering mentally, is the only way,,



ps we have very powerfull friends.who love all that is good.


[link to www.youtube.com]

who are now, and have always been here to help us evolve back to 12 strands, and thats why none of these big volcanos hav'nt gone off yet ,

and the reason the flares are not causing to many deaths is this, [link to www.youtube.com]
God bless you,
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Thanks for the info.

It is very sad.

Take Heart friends.. they are in a better place now. mass extensions are a sign that we are indeed at the end of a cycle...

yet they are dead because some of the humans..(humans being influenced by wicked et's) The powers that wish they were have No Human Heart....!! Remember that. 'They' have used weapons and forced this pain upon our Mother Earth. To use our Humanity and our Hearts is the key. It's very sad yet to find Peace during this process is the Name of the Game.



hf
We are One. The One is Love
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Re: A million or more jellyfish dead - Feb. 8th, 2011!
Hundreds of sparrows fall dead in Rotorua
Thread: MORE DEAD BIRDS & FISH !!! 2/07-2/10 OH NOES!!! DOOM DOOM!! PIN PIN!!
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It has begun...



*Starting to masterbate to OP's face.
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Sorry if this is a double post!
 Quoting: Juniper from Jupiter


The only regrettable factor of this occurrence is that 1 million or more peanut butter fish did not suffer the same fate.
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Re: A million or more jellyfish dead - Feb. 8th, 2011!
If the jellyfish blooms, which are caused by a decrease in the O2 content in the ocean, is allowed to continue, they will eat ALL organic material in the ocean. This is occurring in Japan where fisherman are catching millions of pounds of jellyfish and very few fish.

Also, the occurrence of Irukandji and attacks by them, are increasing and appearing in new locations such as the Caribbean.

Massive Jellyfish blooms are nature's way of "cleaning and detoxing" the oceans, however, in the short term, also wipes out most fish populations.

I agree OP, massive die-offs are bad, but this is great news if jellyfish are dying, the conditions for their growth mean bad things for the ocean, therefore if they are dying, I'm inclined to think this is good news for all the non-jellyfish out there.
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Interesting point...

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Any day jellyfish die off in large numbers is a good day in my book! Those little barf bags are the cock-roaches of the ocean. They're worthless, inedible, amd poisonous. I'm glad nothing else washed up with them.
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If the food chain dies, say goodbye to the human race.
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Re: A million or more jellyfish dead - Feb. 8th, 2011!
blue bottle bastards!.. bring on the 1 billion dead and i'll be happy
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I've noticed dead blue bottles on our beaches - not huge numbers but I don't really remember seeing them before.
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Lived on the coast all my life mate.. dead bluebottles and the WARNING BLUE-BOTTLES! sign from life guards is a very common site in the summer months.. check wikipedia if you have doubts thought.. they bottom has pictures of australian beaches with them washed up..

thing is though the stingers on them things are alive even after the animal is well long dead and they hurt like hell

according to wikipedia its not actually 1 animal but a colony of small animals that make the one entity that all exist in a symbiotic inter-dependent relationship

quite interesting..

still.. doesnt stop me popping the bastards with my surfboard whenever I see one!
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Sorry if this is a double post!
 Quoting: Juniper from Jupiter



you are very hot !

wanna date ?
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Re: A million or more jellyfish dead - Feb. 8th, 2011!
Out from Florida is the Sargasso Sea. The changing ocean currents may be causing it to float its contents closer to the beaches.

Ugh its really going to stink.
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jellyfish are taking over the oceans.
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Look, We own a condo off the shore of Gulf SHores...
THe Jelly fish are so bad that I've fouled my prop on them trying to get from the bay to the ocean.

THEY ARE OUT OF CONTROL IN THE GOM.

Maybe they ran the fuck out of food and came ashore??
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Re: A million or more jellyfish dead - Feb. 8th, 2011!
blue bottle bastards!.. bring on the 1 billion dead and i'll be happy
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1260053


I've noticed dead blue bottles on our beaches - not huge numbers but I don't really remember seeing them before.
 Quoting: Old Trout


Lived on the coast all my life mate.. dead bluebottles and the WARNING BLUE-BOTTLES! sign from life guards is a very common site in the summer months.. check wikipedia if you have doubts thought.. they bottom has pictures of australian beaches with them washed up..

thing is though the stingers on them things are alive even after the animal is well long dead and they hurt like hell

according to wikipedia its not actually 1 animal but a colony of small animals that make the one entity that all exist in a symbiotic inter-dependent relationship

quite interesting..

still.. doesnt stop me popping the bastards with my surfboard whenever I see one!
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Shit - just did some googling. I live in Wellington - we really shouldn't be seeing blue bottles on the beach the water should be too cold. There were no signs to say blue bottles were in the water on the first beach I saw them (people swimming etc.) Spose we aren't really geared for it.

Saw them again yesterday on another beach. People walking all around not really registering. Was up to my ankles in water throwing a stick for the dog and felt a sharp sting - first thought was oh shit blue bottle - but it only lasted a few secs so can't have been. Think we need some educating on these critters in this area.

Checked all the pics in case I had the wrong species - but they are definitely blue bottles.

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This is rly going out of hands! They should ban all fireworks now! What a mess are these things doing so far. Birds, Fish and now Jelly fish damn!
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blue bottle bastards!.. bring on the 1 billion dead and i'll be happy
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1260053


I've noticed dead blue bottles on our beaches - not huge numbers but I don't really remember seeing them before.
 Quoting: Old Trout


Lived on the coast all my life mate.. dead bluebottles and the WARNING BLUE-BOTTLES! sign from life guards is a very common site in the summer months.. check wikipedia if you have doubts thought.. they bottom has pictures of australian beaches with them washed up..

thing is though the stingers on them things are alive even after the animal is well long dead and they hurt like hell

according to wikipedia its not actually 1 animal but a colony of small animals that make the one entity that all exist in a symbiotic inter-dependent relationship

quite interesting..

still.. doesnt stop me popping the bastards with my surfboard whenever I see one!
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1260647


Shit - just did some googling. I live in Wellington - we really shouldn't be seeing blue bottles on the beach the water should be too cold. There were no signs to say blue bottles were in the water on the first beach I saw them (people swimming etc.) Spose we aren't really geared for it.

Saw them again yesterday on another beach. People walking all around not really registering. Was up to my ankles in water throwing a stick for the dog and felt a sharp sting - first thought was oh shit blue bottle - but it only lasted a few secs so can't have been. Think we need some educating on these critters in this area.

Checked all the pics in case I had the wrong species - but they are definitely blue bottles.
 Quoting: Old Trout


All depends mate in regards to the sting.. its not the same as jellyfish sting as such.. it can be cured by cold water or ice pretty quick.. its possible you caught the tail end of one thats dying and it didnt inject enough of them little barbs into your skin.. the cold salt water might have washed them away.. sometimes they burn like hell.. sometimes not.. many factors.. becareful...

no ones died in australia from one of them apparently but I seen a lady come close on my local beach after she put cold wet sand on a sting.. then rubbed the sand elsewhere. neck etc bad idea.. had to ring the ambulance.. she was going rather the same colour as a blue bottle hehehe
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I've noticed dead blue bottles on our beaches - not huge numbers but I don't really remember seeing them before.
 Quoting: Old Trout


Lived on the coast all my life mate.. dead bluebottles and the WARNING BLUE-BOTTLES! sign from life guards is a very common site in the summer months.. check wikipedia if you have doubts thought.. they bottom has pictures of australian beaches with them washed up..

thing is though the stingers on them things are alive even after the animal is well long dead and they hurt like hell

according to wikipedia its not actually 1 animal but a colony of small animals that make the one entity that all exist in a symbiotic inter-dependent relationship

quite interesting..

still.. doesnt stop me popping the bastards with my surfboard whenever I see one!
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1260647


Shit - just did some googling. I live in Wellington - we really shouldn't be seeing blue bottles on the beach the water should be too cold. There were no signs to say blue bottles were in the water on the first beach I saw them (people swimming etc.) Spose we aren't really geared for it.

Saw them again yesterday on another beach. People walking all around not really registering. Was up to my ankles in water throwing a stick for the dog and felt a sharp sting - first thought was oh shit blue bottle - but it only lasted a few secs so can't have been. Think we need some educating on these critters in this area.

Checked all the pics in case I had the wrong species - but they are definitely blue bottles.
 Quoting: Old Trout


All depends mate in regards to the sting.. its not the same as jellyfish sting as such.. it can be cured by cold water or ice pretty quick.. its possible you caught the tail end of one thats dying and it didnt inject enough of them little barbs into your skin.. the cold salt water might have washed them away.. sometimes they burn like hell.. sometimes not.. many factors.. becareful...

no ones died in australia from one of them apparently but I seen a lady come close on my local beach after she put cold wet sand on a sting.. then rubbed the sand elsewhere. neck etc bad idea.. had to ring the ambulance.. she was going rather the same colour as a blue bottle hehehe
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1260647


Thanks for the advice. Maybe the cold Cook Strait water stopped the sting straight away - the water must be warm enough for them at the moment though. I will be very careful and point them out to whoever is walking ignorantly by at the time. Cheers.
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Any day jellyfish die off in large numbers is a good day in my book! Those little barf bags are the cock-roaches of the ocean. They're worthless, inedible, amd poisonous. I'm glad nothing else washed up with them.
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Re: A million or more jellyfish dead - Feb. 8th, 2011!
I dont know if you guys are aware about this (perhaps your cognitive dissonance doesnt allow you to be aware of it) But this report is about an invasion of jellyfish, NOT ABOUT THEIR MASSIVE DIE OFF. They're just showing the dead ones but that is nothing new. When jellyfish die they usually end up on the shore. The only story here is that they are invading that area. Thats not reallyinteresting since species do tend to evolve and migrate to survive.
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[link to en.wikipedia.org]

every year this happens
dont include this in the 'animal death doom'




This time of year, Portuguese man-of-war jellyfish wash up on the beaches in South Florida. When they are in the area, strong breezes directed toward shore drive them into the surf. As the lifeguards and residents in the area know, they can pack quite a punch, even after they are dead and dried up, as the stinging cells may remain active.

In addition to the skin rash, pain, and general symptoms of muscle pain, weakness, nausea, abdominal pain, and vomiting that may accompany a sting, it is extremely important to remember that a sting from a jellyfish can cause an allergic reaction, which can become life threatening. Anyone known to be allergic to jellyfish should carry medications (e.g., antihistamines and epinephrine) with them when they might be exposed to jellyfish.

Here is more information about what to do if stung by a Portuguese man-of-war jellyfish along the U.S. coastline:

Read more: [link to www.healthline.com]
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Re: A million or more jellyfish dead - Feb. 8th, 2011!
Thank God! I hate those things!





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