Indicating the Health of Our Seas

But...But...whut about the PEANUTBUTTER FISH

OK OK, that was supposed to be , er, the ' wise guy ' comment... this, however, requires some diligence : t
always amazes me some of the comments, especially if they are not
affected!!  My family have just returned home after a holiday in
Andelucia in Spain and visited various beaches around Malaga.  My son
was stung by a jellyfish and the next day was covered in itchy spots, we
took him to a Spanish doctor and he gave him an injection.  We have
just spent the day in our local hospital, 10 days after the sting, my
son is covered in very painful blisters, he can't close his hands
because they are so swollen, he looks as though he has been scalded and
it is heart breaking.  He is on medication and has open access to the
ward in case he gets worse.  I am just hoping and praying that he
doesn't get worse.  If we had known about the jellyfish there is no way
we would have gone in the sea, there were no notices anywhere and the
jellyfish are so small, it is near impossible to see them in big waves.
So for those that make comments as if this story is insignificant,
please pause and think of those people that are affected!!!

OK OK, that was supposed to be , er, the ' wise guy ' comment... this, however, requires some diligence : t
always amazes me some of the comments, especially if they are not
affected!!  My family have just returned home after a holiday in
Andelucia in Spain and visited various beaches around Malaga.  My son
was stung by a jellyfish and the next day was covered in itchy spots, we
took him to a Spanish doctor and he gave him an injection.  We have
just spent the day in our local hospital, 10 days after the sting, my
son is covered in very painful blisters, he can't close his hands
because they are so swollen, he looks as though he has been scalded and
it is heart breaking.  He is on medication and has open access to the
ward in case he gets worse.  I am just hoping and praying that he
doesn't get worse.  If we had known about the jellyfish there is no way
we would have gone in the sea, there were no notices anywhere and the
jellyfish are so small, it is near impossible to see them in big waves.
So for those that make comments as if this story is insignificant,
please pause and think of those people that are affected!!!

RoadYacht, they mated and that is why we now have the peanut butter 'n' jelly fish.

Good morning RY and Lotlot...I have a feeling it's going to be very quiet today.
When we lived next to the waters down at our farm, it was common to see jelly fish wash up. The kids liked messing with the dead creatures, they 'pop' if you step on them, but I was always worried whether there were toxins left over.

The scariest jelly fish is the Turritopsis Nutricula, it's the Benjamin Button of the jellyfish world, and the ONLY immortal creature on planet earth, theoretically anyway unless it meets some untimely death before its full cycle. This involves getting to maturity, and then it undergoes "transdifferentiation" where it transforms itself back into a polyp stage, and then starts its life cycle all over again. I wonder if it holds the secret to the elixir of life. Anyway, the dreaded creature has been spreading from the Caribbean waters; I think it looks like something out of Dr Who

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turritopsis_nutricula
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB19mhrU1U4

Does jelly fish ever feature in your cuisine? I like it, it's traditionally Japanese though the Chinese restaurants do have them occasionally. It's usually served as an appetiser, with some soy sauce, vinegar and sesame seeds

O YUK!!!!! Spring Fragrance~ If you are talking about the sort of jelly fish that wash up on our beaches - they look like huge blobs of snot. While I accept that children pick thier noses and eat the results, I cannot imagine eating them as an appetiser. That sentence came out a bit strange, I do not eat nose--picking children. Or jellyfish.

The most anticipated meteor shower is on this weekend.

Best viewing times per location:

http://www.spacedex.com/perseids/#morecountries

Hazel...haha!! I missed your earlier comment.... the jelly fish is sliced into strips, they are really tasteless picking up the taste only from the sauce. But it's the texture that is interesting :)

Have you ever seen men (it's always men) picking their ears, smelling it and .......urgggghhhhhh!!!

I got nothin' today... 


RoadYacht  -  I hope your son gets better really quickly.

Spring Fragrance  -  Thanks for the info on the meteor shower!  I hope I can see it.

On the 12th, Star Party.... we have a local Deer lake Park Observatory, "Wagmans," everyone gest together for a star party to enjoy the splendors of the starry sky...Tomorrow Perseids Meteor Party will bring everyone and their telescopes..we have 60 degree weather this morning airing the house..and enjoying reading the newspaper and coffee, too....The turritopsis is a fascinating jellyfish...rejuvenating....itself...and stinging jellyfish can cause allergic rxn's so immediate emergency care....darning a birthday patry bag ....Hello Kitty playing a guitar..for a 5 year old..today, will be dressed in an country red chessboard plaid outfit that spells...funicious birthday cake fun...funicious is fun+ delicious...its a word...I just looked up! Have a nice weekend...we be dreaming of and hoping to see ...surprise shetland ponies today..

Roadyacht, definitely, check with the Hospital Specialists...and also every hospital has a library..and the Librarian can print out research materials on your sons condition/follow-up care; ..there may be solutions to help your son in time of urgency of care...Indeed,now, thats' its' been 10 days, I am praying for your sons recovery...I know how difficult this is to see your son...having difficulty... He will recover with the help of your family and the staff at the hospital...remind you to ask physician help...when needed.   ....my girlfriend was waterskiing in a bay region and fell in a school of jellyfish..90% of her body was stung..she survived..and the wounds healed..but it makes me more cautious of ocean and bay waters...I witness a shark attack off of Fripp Island..There has been so few jellyfish off the coast of South Carolina...so few..seen....in 15 years..I have not seen many..but Rehoboth Beach 1000's of jellyfish..there..

Ivy that's a great idea for RY, the more info one has the better the healing modality. RY the poor thing, I will send some prayers out. ALSO, if this feels ok with you, ask your son to breathe in light lavender and surround his body with it inside and out. The vibratory rate of this color research indicates, will calm the inflammation. Hey what ya got to loose!

A little Jimmy...
I'd Like To Be A Jelly Fish
Cause Jelly Fish Don't Pay Rent
They Don't Walk, They Don't Talk
With Some Euro-Trash Accents

They're Just Simple Protoplasm
Clear As Cellophane
They Ride The Winds Of Fortune
Life Without A Brain....

Having had encounters with the Jellyfish and the Sting Ray where rum runners eased the pain; my most sphincter tightening moment was when I peeked into a rock and a Moray eel came out mouth wide open. The Costa del Sol nude beaches were the most dangerous on a trip I took to that wonderful corner of the world. Some dangerous things should be left under cover.

Thank you all for the kind thougts and prayers,but alas,they should be directed towards the family in that article. Lake Michigan jelly fish are usually hamberger bun wrappers

Hello Villagers. First of all, RY I think we all thought you were talking about your own son, who I must admit I was surprised to hear about.

I was here earlier but I fled to avoid more stomach heaving before breakfast. SF are you never grumpy?

Jellyfish? Seriously? Mr. P. I so appreciate this Site and everything that you do. I am one of those people who saw that ad for the coat in the New Yorker all those moons ago. I hope we can all gather here for a long time. Would it be helpful if we each submitted (separately, not here, to keep confidential) 20 topic ideas? I have always been impressed with the variety of topics you roll out to inspire and even annoy us, but jellyfish?

Being landlocked, we don't have many jellyfish of the true invertebrate type.  That being said, we do have politicians, who give excellent imitations of jellyfish. Everytime there is a (if you'll pardon the pun) sea change in public opinion it seems their "stiff" resolve to address the issue in one way and one way only does a significant bend.  Indeed, catch them in an indiscretion of any type and just watch them turn into helpless blobs of protoplasm from the shallow end of the gene pool...waving this way and that ("I didn't inhale." and "No!  I absolutely did not have sex with that woman!" being two prime examples). I only wish they would wash ashore somewhere else where the children would pop them and that would be that.  In the scheme of thing, we would be fortunate if they came back as diatoms and did something useful for a change.

Having said my piece, I have to go lay stones for a fountain.  Sigh...  That's what we get for having a cool day (90 degrees).

RY............I laughed very hard.................great day all, soon into town for lunch & excitement..............maybe a hotfudge sundae................CHEFD....I know you're salivating!

Some reading on yesterday's topic: Victorian Scandals by Kristine Othsen Garrigan.
 
 

Hate jellyfish. Swam in the Atlantic, got stung, hurt, stayed out of the water whenever there was notice the jellyfish were about.  Sometimes didn't get to swim much that summer. 

Chef Deb~ Jellyfish are to the ocean what Canaries are to the coal mines in days gone by. The are opportunistic feeders, and the prey of other eaters in the food chain. If the Jellys are abundant, it may be because there are links missing in the food chain. That may,or may not, be the reason they are arriving in large numbers.  I just hope they are not from another planet, and will one day walk the Earth, calling us disgusting blobs of vertibrate

If I had to, I'd do it...I'd step up...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBtSH2AHwjY

Several days late, but perhaps Mr. Peterman will Czech these suits out for the next owner's manual. They go well with the Bowlers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRjQ8F44Pqg

I knew I would get in trouble for whining about today's topic. Point taken RY!

I still don't want to talk about them.

It's not that men aren't adept at synchronicity, we can be taught...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33ziA0_06go

Do it now, paolos!

I just survived an overnight birthday/slumber party with ten nine year olds. Jellyfish are looking like a piece of cake this morning

I do like to watch jellyfish...very gracefull and many differnt and varied kind...but frrom the safety of the NatGeo channel or possibly a glass bottem boat (memories of Silver Springs FL.)
However I do wonder what affect the leakage of radiation from Japans nuke plants may be having on the oceans....
 
Here on the gulf there are the large hard slimy kind washing up on shore, not something that looks very good to eatl.
However I do enjoy snails and fish eggs..
RY..so sorry to hear about your son...
Ivy...60 in the morning sounds wondeerful and I too am looking forward to the shower of stars.
 
Tommy..as always entertaining !

Ginger, I bet that if you put pennies in your fountain, the jellyfish will stay away ;) and (just a suggestion) it might be a good idea not to think of politics while laying rocks...I've found it can result in smashed fingers
TT~Thank you for warning us of the dangers of nude beaches...the images that floated through my sea of imagination sent fear to my...well, as you so boldly put it, sphincter.

In my little corner of the world, jellyfish do not exist. But, we are plagued now, (in whatever remaining pools of water remain) with blue green algae. Extended amounts of sunlight and high temperatures cause this natural bacteria to bloom and exposure may result in respiratory, dermatological and intestinal "issues". Still, the threat of algae pale in comparison to that of jellyfish and unsightly nude beaches...
Folklore has it that, despite blue green algae, nudists can appear on local beaches when meteor showers appear in the summer sky... *shivers* ...

It. Was. NOT. MY. SON. I copied and pasted that from the comment section of the article

Sure, RY, that's what Michael Jackson said...http://youtu.be/ATo833rP6OU

Greetings:  My son (Monkey #1) competed in SAYRA (south atlantic yacht racing assoc) 2012 regatta last weekend Laser Class 4.7 and finished FIRST place!  Amazing.  No jellys, but a few dolphins and one turtle.  Just posted a few recent photos.   OK,  I want one of those ribbon thingies use in the Olympics so I can dance on the beach.  If that can be an Olympic sport the surely Beach Pole Dancing can't be far behind.

paolos, you go, man!  Blame it on the sunshine!  Blame it on the moonlight!  Blame it on the good times!  That was hysterical!!!!!
 
Graygoose, if I thought the vertebrate jellyfish would go away I'd throw my entire stah of coins into the fountain!  Just got a few rocks laid, though, before sick pooch called.  Still waiting on meds from vet, so I thought I'd check in with the Village.  Glad I did.  You folks always cheer me up when I'm really down.
 
My gracious thanks to one and all!!!

Ewwwwwww!!!!!!  paolos!  They had hairy legs!!!!!
 
You know, though, that one rather "rotund" fellow could have been a "mermaid" of the type Chris Columbus' crew swore they saw!  (I.e., Manatee with seaweed...or maybe jellyfish!!!!...on their heads)

Spring and paolos...where-ever do you find these things?!?!

Proud Capt Neptune, congratulations! And your children are beautiful....even if it's not "right" to call boys pretty, yours truly are...so full of life :) Teach them to dance on the beach

Spring~even after pulling an all-nighter with ten wild kids higher than a spider monkey on mountain dew, you've inspired me to have a "party under the stars". Now, if I could drag myself away from the computer, I need to start marinating some rib eyes...

Ginger, I've had your sick pooch in my thoughts...It brings to mind a poem by Rudyard Kipling called "The Power of a Dog". I would give you the link but it makes me cry so maybe you can google it someday, when you're in the mood...It's no wonder dogs become such an important part of many of our lives...Whoever said money can't buy love or happiness has never bought a dog! Prayers for your furry companion :)

Graygoose---MANY THANKS!  The poor thing needs as many prayers as she can get.
 
Capt. Neptune---congrats, you proud papa, you!

Just thinking, if an abundane of jellyfish means your environment is healthy, then the US is doing really well, given the number of jellyfish politicians we have hanging around the shores of D.C.

RY................THAT.IS.WHY.I.LAUGHED..................& STILL AM.....................

...and speaking of Kipling, isn't the Kipling Blazer in the New Owner's Manual handsome?! Very classy, JP!

On the lighter side of jellies (how much can they weigh, really?) - jellyfish don't
live a long time - only two to three years - the round top part of them is known as the "bell"and the movement they make is called "pulsing". In facilities where they are displayed, they are kept in cylindrical tanks because they move in only one direction and if put into a rectangular tank they will get stuck in the corners!

We speak of a flock of seagulls, a school of fish, a raft of sea otters, and a
smack of jellies. Just trying to take a little of the sting out of the topic.

A hundred billion bottles washed upon my shore,
oh grave where is thy victory?
oh death where is thy...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOQUVyEz2sI

taco?

A jelly fish taco...mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmaybe not.

Hi bebe,mmmmmmm, I love tacos. Carnitas are my favorites, but carne asada is really good at one particular taco bar I go to. Any kind of homemade tacos are delicious! Fish tacos are good too. Think I'll stay away from jellyfish though.
 
Hi Capt Neptune, Wow! what wonderful adventures and everlasting memories for you and your boys. Good looking lads too. Thanks for sharing.
 
Hi Spring Fragrance, I checked the skies last night and again tonight. Too foggy to see anything. Last night there were some clear patches, but no show. Tonight is completely fog enshrouded. Kind of a strange hue to the sky, but basically pea soup.

The only jellyfish I like are the Swedish Gelatinous Red Fish floating in a martini glass.