Essay On Jellyfish

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The jellyfish is a horrible everyday monster that is very threating to everyone. As Rosalind Fonem stated, "For an animal that does not have a brain, a heart, or blood, jellyfish have a negative impact in many places in the world." It seems silly that it could cause this much damage but Rosalind Fonem explains many ways jellyfish cause damage in her article Jellyfish Take Over. Jellyfish may look interesting but they create much damage. This everyday monster causes fishing industries a lot of money each year because they are eating the larvae and eggs of local fish. This action from the jellyfish affects all local fishing industries and their families. This could be solved by using the Bereo species, this fish will eat the Mnemiopsis jellyfish creating a more fair and balanced …show more content…

Although they swim in the ocean, the jellyfish do not have many other characteristics of fish, which makes it unique. The tentacles are used to paralyze small animals. The tentacles contain a poison which is ingested into other fish and people. In the long run these jellyfish are unique yet damage lots of things.
The jellyfish cause fishing industries much money each year because they are eating the larvae and eggs of local fish. The Mnemiopsis jellyfish is located in the Black Sea and causes millions of dollars in problems. These jellyfish reproduce in large amounts and multiply into larger groups called blooms.This is why fishing industries lose millions of dollars each year.
Jellyfish also clog the cooling water filters. According to Steve Hays, a Plankton ecologist, the power plants had to be shut down because of the clogged nuclear power plants. This has occurred in Japan, Israel, and Scotland. Steve Hays quotes "Science data shows that over the past few years there has been an increase in swarms of jellyfish." Therefore, the increase in the amount of jellyfish created more chaos due to the amount of clogged water

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