Jellyfish Sink 10-Ton Fishing Boat

Jellyfish Sink 10-Ton Fishing Boat

Updated: Monday, 02 Nov 2009, 11:52 AM PST
Published : Monday, 02 Nov 2009, 11:30 AM PST

By LILY FU

(MYFOX NATIONAL) - A 10-ton fishing boat capsized after its crew attempted to haul in a net full of large jellyfish off the eastern coast of Japan.

The Telegraph reports that dozens of Nomura's jellyfish -- each of which can weigh up to 440 pounds and can grow up to 6 feet in diameter -- sunk the boat called the Diasan Shinsho-maru and sent the three crew members into the sea. They were rescued by another boat.

Experts told the Telegraph that weather and water conditions have been favorable toward the breeding of large numbers of jellyfish recently.

"The arrival is inevitable," Professor Shinichi Ue at Hiroshima University, told the Yomiuri newspaper . "A huge jellyfish typhoon will hit the country."

Nomura's jellyfish have been known to wreak havoc in Japanese waters. They destroy fishing nets, poison the fish caught in the nets rendering them unsaleable, sting humans and even disable nuclear power stations by blocking pumps used to cool the reactors.

In 2007 the Telegraph reports that there were 15,500 reports of damage caused to fishing equipment by jellyfish. Many fishermen have tried to keep jellyfish out of their nets by using sharp wires.

Caught on camera: naked love rival flees furious husband

Caught on camera: naked love rival flees furious husband
A naked man who climbed out of a window and hid on the ledge to escape his lover's furious husband has been caught on camera.

Published: 2:31PM GMT 31 Oct 2009
A naked man who climbed out of a window and hid on the ledge to escape his lover's furious husband has been caught on camera.
Love cheat Sun Meng has been given the cold shoulder by his community after pictures of him cowering naked on an air conditioner were posted online by a furious husband. Photo: CEN

Sun Meng has been given the cold shoulder by his community after the extraordinary picture of him cowering naked outside the flat were posted on the internet.

Photographs of the anrgy showdown, taken by a startled neighbour, were uploaded to a local community website.

They show Sun perched on the first floor ledge while his lover is confronted by her un-named husband inside.

"My family is ashamed and none of my own neighbours will talk to me any more," said Sun.

"I know what I did was wrong but I was afraid he would kill me.

"People are even laughing at how I look naked - but I have to point out it was a very cold day," he added.

Chengdu, capital of the Sichuan province in south-western China, has a population of about 11 million.

In 2003, the Chinese government relaxed its traditional hold over the private lives of its subjects by allowing them to marry without the permission of their bosses.

The government published three lengthy documents dealing with marriage laws and population control.

The terrified 25-year-old fled from the balcony window when he was caught in bed with the man's wife at the married couple's flat in Chengdu, central China.