15 Dec 2008
Attack of the quarter-ton, 'fridge-sized' killer jellyfish

There's an old joke that the Indiana state motto is "Tidal wave free for 3 billion years!". This tale of gelatinous death and destruction makes me very glad there's a kernel of truth in that old joke... we're landlocked and lovin' it!

The US government has warned that enormous swarms of killer jellyfish - some the size of fridges and weighing up to a quarter of a ton - are ravaging the world's oceans. Particularly aggressive specimens are said to be capable of causing serious damage to ships, and have even managed to knacker nuclear power plants.

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