Monday, November 2, 2009

Japanese fishing trawler sunk by giant jellyfish

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A 10-ton fishing boat has been sunk by gigantic jellyfish off eastern Japan.

By Julian Ryall in Tokyo
Published: 7:00AM GMT 02 Nov 2009

"The crew of the fishing boat was thrown into the sea when the vessel capsized, but the three men were rescued by another trawler, according to the Mainichi newspaper. The local Coast Guard office reported that the weather was clear and the sea was calm at the time of the accident..."

2 comments:

Cathy_of_Alex said...

Hey, Vin, doesn't that look like a mutant mushroom?!?

/me runs

Vincenzo said...

lol it does