Blocking Japan's nuclear power plants and capsizing Japan's fishing boats are all from the achievements of jellyfish, and this jellyfish is still from Chinese waters!
It seems that he is accomplishing some kind of mission.
Japan fishermen are miserable, and this jellyfish is a devastating blow to Japan's fishing industry!
Does this jellyfish have any deep hatred with Japan? Why are you staring at Japan?
Mystery Visitor
As an island nation surrounded by the sea, Japan is extremely rich in marine resources, and fishing and nuclear power plants are the main part of their economy.
But over the years, there was a guy named Echizen Jellyfish who made a lot of trouble in their sea, causing big problems for fishermen and the nuclear power plant.
Echizen jellyfish, this name sounds exotic, but in the eyes of Japan fishermen, it is simply a big stone.
They are super large, with a diameter of more than one meter and a weight of several hundred kilograms, which is simply a "giant" in the sea.
Originally, these jellyfish were mainly in the Yellow Sea of China, but the unpredictable ocean currents have led them to the coast of Japan in droves, posing a great threat to local fisheries and nuclear power plants.
Drag down fishing boats and paralyze nuclear power plants
Japan fishermen are terribly afraid of the Echizen jellyfish, not because the jellyfish is powerful and poisonous!
A ten-ton fishing boat was fishing when a few Echizen jellyfish were mixed into the net.
With their huge size and amazing strength, these big guys easily dragged down the fishing boat, and the fishing boat directly lost control and rolled over.
And the tentacles of this Echizen jellyfish are also highly poisonous! If there is a jellyfish in the net, the fish in the net will be contaminated with this toxin, and it will immediately rot and stink, and the fishermen will have nothing to lose!
These Echizen jellyfish also went to Japan's nuclear power plants to cause trouble. They often block the seawater cooling system of nuclear power plants, causing emergency shutdowns and even the risk of explosions!
At one point, 300 tons of Echizen jellyfish were sucked into the drain of a nuclear power plant, resulting in power outages, traffic paralysis, elevator failure, and a series of serious consequences.
In order to clean up these jellyfish, the workers had to wear protective clothing to operate carefully, but even so, 9 workers still lost their lives because of the jellyfish sting, which is really terrifying!
The information in this paragraph is from: China.com - "Giant Jellyfish Overturns 10-ton Fishing Boat" - November 6, 2009
Why is it so widespread?
Speaking of the Echizen jellyfish flood, everyone wondered: Why is this jellyfish so rampant? In fact, there are complex ecological and environmental factors behind this!
Global warming has provided an ideal environment for the Echizen jellyfish. Do you know? For every degree of water temperature, the number of jellyfish doubles!
In the past 20 years, the sea temperature in Japan's waters has been rising, which has made the Echizen jellyfish breed and grow more happily.
In addition, the discharge of industrial pollution, chemical fertilizers, and inorganic salts has destroyed the marine ecological environment, resulting in a large number of algae breeding.
And this algae is an important link in the jellyfish food chain. As soon as there are more algae, the food source of jellyfish will be abundant, which will promote the reproduction and spread of jellyfish!
Japan experts blamed China for the Echizen jellyfish flood.
They say that China's coastal cities have discharged large amounts of industrial wastewater into the ocean for the sake of economic development and ecological protection.
As a result, the Echizen jellyfish could not survive in Chinese waters and were forced to migrate to Japan. This statement is simply gibberish! Not only is it lacking scientific evidence, but it is also overtly political!
Unsolvable puzzles
This Echizen jellyfish is really a headache for Japan fishermen and related departments.
They are raging, they are simply the "overlords" in the ocean, making people helpless. Fishermen and authorities are also trying their best to deal with them, but the result is very little.
The fishermen almost hated the Echizen jellyfish to death, and even began to take revenge on the jellyfish. At first, the fishermen tried to catch the Echizen jellyfish and then chop it up and throw it back into the sea to feed the fish.
They believe that this will reduce the number of jellyfish and increase the food for the fish. As a result, this method is simply "lifting a stone and shooting yourself in the foot".
This is because when the Echizen jellyfish is killed, it quickly excretes a large number of sperm and eggs. In this way, instead of reducing the number of jellyfish, it also allows them to reproduce faster!
Later, it was proposed to use electric grids or electric shocks to drive away jellyfish. This time, they thought that this high-tech method should come in handy, but it turned out that this method was also "thunder loud, rain small".
While it sounds lofty, it can be frighteningly expensive to implement, and the results are limited. It is simply more difficult to promote and implement it in the vast sea area!
Cleaning up jellyfish in the cooling pipes of nuclear power plants is also a "difficult task"! The cooling pipes of this nuclear power plant are full of jellyfish, so how do you clean them?
Not only does it require highly specialized skills and equipment, but it also has to take a huge security risk, and Japan, a small island nation, is not willing to spend so much money on it, and Japan is completely out of options.
What to do?
Although these Echizen jellyfish have caused a lot of trouble for Japan fishermen and nuclear power plants, they play an important role in the marine ecosystem.
As a link in the food chain, they maintain ecological balance by preying on small fish and shrimp. Therefore, when we deal with the Echizen jellyfish flood, we should not blindly think about destroying them and ignore their impact on the ecosystem.
Protecting the marine environment is urgent! The infestation of jellyfish in Echizen reminds us that we need to act urgently to protect the marine environment.
We need to strengthen the monitoring and protection of the marine environment, and reduce the emission of harmful substances such as industrial pollution, fertilizers, and inorganic salts.
At the same time, it is also necessary to promote green and environmentally friendly production methods and lifestyles to reduce the damage to the marine ecological environment.
It is also indispensable to strengthen international cooperation and exchanges, so that we can work together to address marine environmental problems and promote the sustainable development of the global marine ecological environment.
In response to the problem of the flood of Echizen jellyfish, more scientific and effective measures need to be taken. We can study the ecological habits and reproduction laws of Echizen jellyfish and formulate targeted prevention and control strategies.
Methods such as biological control can also be tried to reduce jellyfish populations. Strengthening public education and awareness is also essential.
We need to raise people's awareness and awareness of marine environmental protection and form a good atmosphere for the whole society to participate in marine protection. In this way, we can better deal with the problem of the overflow of Echizen jellyfish!
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Text / Editor: ToT
Resources:
China.com - "Giant Jellyfish Overturns 10-Ton Fishing Boat" - November 6, 2009