Think global warming is doing good to your quality of life? Think again... I remember studying those jellyfish a while ago... It wasn't pretty... No antivenom, extremely painful even when a high dose of morphine is administered on IV.
cool article, but at the same time also scary. i doubt we'll be able to reverse these effects anytime soon tho
great...more deadly microbial creaters and bugs (the mosiqutos we've been dealin with for years now) but what scares me more than these are the antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria out there, especially strains of staph. aureus so remember people when you get antibiotics FINISH THE DAMN BOTTLE
Brain-Eating Killer Amoeba Back in grade school we all thought amoeba were the innocent fat blobs sharing space with paramecium and hydras under the microscope. No longer. 6 Americans have died this year, all young men, from a strain of amoeba that attaches itself to the inside of your nose and quickly burrows through your brain. Scientists are considering this death toll a spike; since only 23 people in the US were killed between 1995 and 2004. “This is a heat-loving amoeba. As water temperatures go up, it does better,” specialist Michael Beach said. “In future decades, as temperatures rise, we’d expect to see more cases.” Great. Keep plugging your nose when going underwater. So far, Florida, Arizona, and Texas have had the most cases. ==PLUS== Vibrio Vulnificus — The Flesh Eating Bug A flesh-eating bacterium that normally makes its home in the warmer waters of the Gulf of Mexico is now headed into the cooler Northern areas of the world. According to MSNBC, recent tests in Germany showed that Vibrio vulnificus was present in more than nine out of 10 samples of Baltic Sea water. The microscopic marine bug enters the human system through a cut or scrape (and even through ingestion) and devours flesh along the way. About 50% of cases are fatal; with patients dying within the first 48 hours of infection. == OWNED not a nice combination. :(
yep, and it only costs the US 2 billion dollars a week and several hundred/thousand lives a year in iraq to secure it
-sick I hate bugs ... and that jellyfish is pretty scary looking. definitely not likes the ones they got in finding nemo!
Who said that the ones in Finding Nemo aren't toxic? Fishes just have different tolerance for toxicants than humans...
In nature, many of the most dangerous species are brilliantly coloured... Just look at the dart frog and the box jellyfish -sweat They just happen to pick a bad photo to create a folk devil -lol
