the "Headline That Caught My Attention or the WTF" thread

Kind of scary to me how people like this $hit. News isn't just your fathers news anymore. It's more about sensationalism the weird and of course the bias politics. (Is there any other kind ?) I never much cared what other people were thinking. I figured out where it was that i was going and what i wanted to do. No one ever bothered me or try to tell me what they thought i was doing wrong.

Now however their so many people trying to get in my face and my mind just knowing they should, because they have the right to tell me what im doing wrong !! A couple of folks that i have explained this to looked at me like i was strange. What a shame our society has become. To the decent good people out there i say Keep on doing what you do.

Rant over, not sorry. :p
 
In Japan, the ‘Murder Hornet’ Is Both a Lethal Threat and a Tasty Treat
Long before the insects found their way to American shores, some Japanese prized them for their numbing crunch and the venomous buzz they add to liquor.

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We got some trophy jellyfish up here this year!!!

Giant stinging jellyfish wash up on Maine beaches
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Staff ReportMay 29, 2020
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Giant red, purple and yellow jellyfish are washing onto Maine beaches where they haven’t been seen before.
“I’ve been walking the beach every day for 40 years and I found two in one month,” said Suzanne Beaulieu of Saco. “I’ve never seen them.”

Beaulieu said she has seen the transparent and much smaller moon jellies and once saw a Portuguese man o’ war, a purplish creature closely related to jellyfish. But the blob-like creatures that have appeared in recent weeks are far bigger than anything she’s seen.

“Very, very large and ugly looking, too,” she said.


This lion’s mane jellyfish was found near Ferry Beach in Saco in late April. Photo courtesy of Marc Bourassa
One that she and her husband encountered at the edge of the surf at Ferry Beach State Park in late April was about 6 feet wide and had tentacles 20 feet long, she said. She came across another one Friday just north of the state park that appeared to be 2 or 3 feet wide.

“We went swimming in the ocean yesterday, my kids and grandkids, and this morning coming back from my walk there was one right in front of my house,” Beaulieu said.

The jellyfish have also appeared in recent weeks on beaches in Casco Bay and Down East.


Suzanne Beaulieu came across this smaller lion’s mane jellyfish in Saco on Friday. Photo courtesy of Suzanne Beaulieu

They are a jellyfish species named lion’s mane because of their size and the length of the tentacles. They are the largest species of jellyfish in the world and have tentacles that can grow longer than 100 feet.

The tentacles can sting and are used to repel predators and stun small fish or crustaceans that they eat. But they are not considered to be a danger to people.

Lion’s mane jellyfish have been reported on Maine beaches in past years, too, although the sightings have usually been more sporadic and the animals have usually been smaller.

While the reasons aren’t entirely understood, reports of jellyfish sightings in the Gulf of Maine appear to have increased over the past few summers, according to the Gulf of Maine Research Institute. The institute, the Bigelow Lab for Ocean Sciences and the Island Institute are gathering information about sightings.

Anyone who encounters jellyfish in the water or on a beach is asked to report the sighting at report.bigelow.org/jellyfish.
 
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