graham
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Where thers profit to be made concience goes out the window in far too many cases.
Sad but inevitable.
Sad but inevitable.
Basking Shark?
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Rigger
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Quite agree we all too often ignore the delicate balance of the eco-system. Out of interest do you know what does eat jelly-fish? I would have thought they would cause havoc with the filtration mechanism of the plankton eaters.
ShipsWoofy
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I actually found this out recently and was quite interested as I had always wondered whether or not jellyfish had any predators.
spadefish, sunfish, and loggerhead turtles, I also read leatherback turtles also.
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What eats them?
Jellyfish may eat other animals but they are not immune from being eaten themselves. Fish probably are important predators on jellyfish, but guess what? One of the major foods of sea turtles in some parts of the world are jellyfish! In the open ocean, jellyfish are probably one of the most important parts of the food chain - just because they are so abundant in these environments. Jelly fish can number in the hundreds in a single square metre. Probably the greatest surprise of all to European Australians is the fact that jellyfish are a delicacy in many parts of the world. That is, humans are an important predator of the "ole jelly blubber"!
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spadefish, sunfish, and loggerhead turtles, I also read leatherback turtles also.
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What eats them?
Jellyfish may eat other animals but they are not immune from being eaten themselves. Fish probably are important predators on jellyfish, but guess what? One of the major foods of sea turtles in some parts of the world are jellyfish! In the open ocean, jellyfish are probably one of the most important parts of the food chain - just because they are so abundant in these environments. Jelly fish can number in the hundreds in a single square metre. Probably the greatest surprise of all to European Australians is the fact that jellyfish are a delicacy in many parts of the world. That is, humans are an important predator of the "ole jelly blubber"!
[/ QUOTE ]from websitehttp://www.reef.edu.au/asp_pages/secb.asp?FormNo=16
Rigger
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Looks like jelly-fish and custard is on the menu next time out then!
graham
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Be ok in a curry.
Wonder how they deal with the poison?
Wonder how they deal with the poison?
DanTribe
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A few years ago my kids were racing Cadets in Plymouth Sound and a basking shark placed itself at the weather mark.
It needed some bottle for kids in 10ft dinghies to go near a 30ft shark but most got round, one boat actually run aground on it.
There were no protests, but I wondered if you can call for water if a shark is an obstruction.
It needed some bottle for kids in 10ft dinghies to go near a 30ft shark but most got round, one boat actually run aground on it.
There were no protests, but I wondered if you can call for water if a shark is an obstruction.
duncan
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Re: Water?
personally I would call for rum...........
personally I would call for rum...........
colvic987
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How do you do that??????
ashanta
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That's what I thought too! I saw two off Lands end a few years ago and the first made me think it was a BS but there was not a second fin and when I got close I took pictures of them. The fin flops about and they are big. Apparently they grow to 13feet.
If it was a BS it' would be much larger o0n the surface and there will be 2 fins appearing on the surface. I've seen 5 BS's and they are unmistakable if your close. The Sun fish is an ocean fish that follows the warm waters of the gulf stream and do come inshore in warm weather.
Regards.
peter.
If it was a BS it' would be much larger o0n the surface and there will be 2 fins appearing on the surface. I've seen 5 BS's and they are unmistakable if your close. The Sun fish is an ocean fish that follows the warm waters of the gulf stream and do come inshore in warm weather.
Regards.
peter.
graham
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i would love to be able to say that I saw a Sunfish but the truth is that I cant be sure from a 10 second glimpse from 50 feet away.
There was definitely only one floppy fin brown in colour and a vague brown shape underwater. It was heading south at about 2 or 3 knots in the center of the St Georges Channel.
Whatever it is I wish it a long and reproductive life.
There was definitely only one floppy fin brown in colour and a vague brown shape underwater. It was heading south at about 2 or 3 knots in the center of the St Georges Channel.
Whatever it is I wish it a long and reproductive life.