The photo shows a diver next to a specimen of Nomura's jellyfish, Nemopilema
nomurai. These creatures occasionally swarm
off the coast of Japan, where they are a nuisance. Some
creative souls have responded by finding
ways to eat them. Now, schoolkids in the Japanese town of Obama are capitalizing on this. As it happens, there is a bit of a fad there, for caramel candies. The school has taken to mixing jellyfish power into the candy. Then, they elevated their marketing, literally into outer space:
The Obama students aren't content with just producing a a jellyfish caramel treat. The high schoolers have also requested that the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) put the caramels on the menu for astronauts journeying to the International Space Station, presumably in a bid to raise awareness of their tasty solution to the jellyfish problem.
[Via Fast Company, who got it from Pink Tentacle, who got it from the original source here (エチゼンクラゲ材料にキャラメル 小浜水産高生が試作, in Japanese, I think).]
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Comments
Well, the thought of eating a jellyfish doesn't excite me much, but that is a great picture. I didn't realize a jelly could get that big.
Posted by: Fertanish | September 18, 2009 9:07 AM
As a Jewish astronaut it is not kosher and I would not eat it! Send Empire Kosher Chicken to space.
Posted by: jay bellskee | November 16, 2009 3:49 PM