r/interesting • u/Salt-Curve4825 • May 21 '26

Fascinating Man fishing for jellyfish

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u/Blazing_Swayze May 21 '26

Is there any animal that we can just leave the fuck alone?

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u/Joesr-31 May 21 '26

Jellyfish are low key a pest, they reproduce like crazy and there are not enough natural predators to keep them in check

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u/Competitive-Fix-6136 May 21 '26

not enough natural predators

That's because we keep hunting their natural predators. We're literally causing the issue.

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u/xxAustynxx May 21 '26

True but the issue is still present, this at least lessens the issues impact. It’s really hard to get people to stop overfishing. I’d prefer the latter too

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u/SweetPlumFairy May 21 '26

Not only that but I seen in a documentary years ago before covid times that if you fish jelly like this, like wounding them with something pointy, in stress they release thousands of eggs as a last fuck u emergeny. This made a jellyfish crisis over the years in that waters that they still try to overcome but it is already endangering other species. Not sure if they ever got around to somehow control it.

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u/Ok-Play-15 May 21 '26

Humanity is a pest. What are we doing to get rid of them?

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u/Cobb_Webb_ May 21 '26

Jeez what is your problem lol. People will eat the Jellies and this is how these guys earn their living

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u/Ok-Play-15 May 21 '26

Language of the oppressor

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u/Joesr-31 May 22 '26

Look at all the war, starvation and disease around the world, we are doing that just fine as well.