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They called it "the blob that ate the
\n Black Sea." And now the world’s most dangerous American biological
\n export — a jellyfish about the size of a man’s hand — has moved east
\n and is devouring the Caspian Sea.<\/p>\n
This ecological monster, a voracious jellyfish called Mnemiopsis leidyi, was
\naccidentally transported from the backwaters of the US eastern seaboard two decades
\nago in the hull of a ship. When the ship emptied its ballast water into the Black
\nSea, the jellyfish began its rampage.<\/p>\n
Last month, a five-nation group of scientists decided that the best hope for
\nsaving the Caspian Sea’s caviar and restoring the Black Sea’s anchovies lies
\nwith yet another gelatinous stowaway. For three years beginning later this year,
\nIranian researchers will release small numbers of specially bred predator jellyfish
\nnamed Beroe ovata along the coastline of the Caspian Sea, hoping they will consume
\ntheir troublesome cousins and then die off.<\/p>\n
Sounds risky to us. The Dowbrigade has had a number from The Boston They called it "the blob that ate the Black Sea." And now the world’s most dangerous American biological export — a jellyfish about the size of a man’s hand — has moved east and is devouring the Caspian Sea. This … Continue reading
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\n run-ins <\/a>with both jellyfish and Iranians, and the combination
\n "Prediator Jellyfish" could be dangerous.Is Tom Ridge aware of what is
\n going on?<\/em><\/p>\n
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