Immortal jellyfish poised to take over the world! (Maybe)

Dickie · Feb 4, 2009

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/03/jellyfish_gone_wilder/

Should we start worrying? What if they start wobbling up the beach near here?!

:sos:

tl8 · Feb 4, 2009

Ahuh, thats nice. Do they sting bad?

SiberianTiger · Feb 4, 2009

What's the maximum latitude they can dwell at?

Artlav · Feb 4, 2009

Is this a serious internewspaper site?

Dickie · Feb 4, 2009

Artlav said:
Is this a serious internewspaper site?

Well, they cite the following as a source:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/01/090130-immortal-jellyfish-swarm.html?source=rss

True or not, the thought of a swarm of immortal jelly-fish is amusing enough that I'd like to believe it

willy88 · Feb 4, 2009

Wait a second...

Run! The biologists are trying to kill us all! They've created swarms of immortal jellyfish! Ahhhhhh!

SiberianTiger · Feb 4, 2009

Dickie said:
True or not, the thought of a swarm of immortal jelly-fish is amusing enough that I'd like to believe it

This jellyfish species is really a karmic trap. Once you've incarnated a jellyfish, you are doomed to stay in the same cycle of samsara forever.

Moonwalker · Feb 4, 2009

Well, if it's not global warming or epidemics, then it must be the evil jellyfish who is going to wipe out the humankind.