Wednesday, April 15, 2009

I saw three ships go sailing by
Go sailing by, go sailing by....

Jellyfish! Such simple yet complex in it's structure. Nice to have one in your tank, but aren't something to have floating around you. They're such fascinating creatures really! Brainless, yet fatal. Did you know they have eyes that border their body. Means they see 360. I was glued to a documentary about jellyfish just now, and i'm simply flabbergastedly amused. Like how much can you learn from jelly? A LOT. Aiyah I can't say it all here cause there's too much details. There are hundreds of different species of jellyfish, and their weight ranges from an ounce to 400 pounds. WOOoo.. Here's a good reason why you should go green and rid all your dirty habits. Jellyfish's reproducing mode speeds up at any climatic/temperature/pH etc. change. Basically they multiply faster when there's a change in the environment.

It seriously scares you damn badly if you come across a pool of jellyfish. (as in hundreds and hundreds). I vividly recall the time I was on a boat that was sailing to an island in Goldcoast. (family hol with Joan's ) Joan and I were at the top deck gazing at the sea waters. Then the boat cruised past this blue bobbing thing on the surface. We thought, Aussie's waters very clean right? how come got plastic bag? Then, slowly, more plastic bags appeared... following was this massive clump that spreaded miles and miles. Then WAaah! Sooo many jellyfish???!!!!

There's more then meets the eye. This is probably just a fraction of what we saw.
I remember another jellyfish story... I think it was P6 or sec 1 advanture camp. Part of a bonding activity was to jump into the sea with life jackets on. We were at one side of a quay. Then on the other side, were herds of pink jellies floating around. A few even swam to our side where we were. They look so disgusting lah. Elrk.

So anyway, I shall stop ranting on about deadly jellies before I dream of them. Haha, and I get nightmares especially of deep-sea, aquarium or aquatic stuff. No joke. I get damn scared if I dream that I'm surrounded with huge tanks, or I appear to be 1000 ft deep. Don't know why, but those dreams often seem like there's danger lurking.



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