INVASION OF THE JELLYFISH: No, this is not a metaphor for Congress — we’re talking actual jellyfish. They wander: “The American comb jelly (Mnemiopsis leidyi), sometimes called the warty comb jelly, has been spreading to foreign habitats for 26 years. Native to the Atlantic Ocean, they first appeared in the Black Sea in 1982. They had stowed away in a ship’s ballast water, which is used for stabilization. When the water was dumped, the species eagerly took up residence in the area.”
This picture is just plain scary, though. When I scuba-dive in jellyfish conditions I put anti-sting cream on my exposed hands and face. I don’t think it would be up to handling this guy . . . .
