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Death of a Goldfish
In the wild, Andrew feeds on fish, sponges, small crustaceans, nematode worms and protozoans.
Benny's diet is very specialized, consisting mainly of the interior of Ramy nuts, nectar from the Traveller's Palm tree, some fungi and insect grubs. He is also known to raid coconut plantations, and has been seen eating lychees and mangoes, which are also plantation crops.
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Category: jellyfish
Posted on: November 29, 2007 7:15 PM, by ableiman
A few months back we brought you the story of giant jellies invading Japan. Well on Tuesday, the cutting edge scientific publication known as the Wall Street Journal actually sent a reporter to cover the story. The article is only mildly interesting although I do find it fascinating that they embed this video in the article but still insist on creating little pencil-pointillism portraits of the characters in the story...
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Comments
Interesting that when we strip-mine the vertebrate populations the sea then we get overkill in the invert-predator department. Seriously!
I am mesmerized by large jellies like this but I find it interesting that it's the Japanese Fishing industry that's taking the biggest hit with the bloom of these giants. This same pattern is being seen all over the planet.
Dang, am I a downer or what? ;p Cool critters, no doubt! I will always love waching Jellies move.
Posted by: arachnophile | November 29, 2007 10:24 PM