Day of the Jellyfish

Vonnegut's laughin' his ass off somewhere.


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Day of the Jellyfish
Well we've lost Kurt Vonnegut but there's good news and I think the old Twainian codger would chuckle and give a big thumbs up. Of course I refer to the return to prominence of the jellyfish who are breeding like Catholic school girls gone wild in and around the dead zones that humankind has created by overfarming and polluting the oceans and seas. These dead zones are oxygen-poor, but symbiotic algae living within jellyfish produce oxygen enough for the host's survival. And the dead zones are spreading at a rate concomitant with human stupidity. And so spread the jellyfish. When I listen deep within myself I can hear these cockroaches of the sea singing with joy and greed. As Vonnegut would say, "And so it goes."
In the Mediterranean, the chief predators of jellyfish, loggerhead turtles and bluefin tuna, have been decimated by overfishing. And the Mediterranean has been getting hotter which makes the jellyfish super horny. Beaches are closing in Spain, Italy, Greece. It's a matter of time before the closings are global. Go to the beach while ye may for the day of the jellyfish is at hand.