Peter Wenker sent along this picture of a giant
jellyfish.He doesn't think it's real, and I'd agree I know that giant jellyfish do exist
, such as the ones that recently appeared off coast of Japan, but those were
about the size of a washing-machine, not the size of a truck. I've never heard
of a jellyfish this big. So is this picture another product of Worth1000?
Update: Accipiter found a version of this same photo minus the diver ,
which would seem to indicate that the version with the diver has been photoshopped.
(Unless it was the diver who was photoshopped out, but that seems very unlikely
to me... [Wait a second, on a closer look it does seem that something might have been
removed from the version without the diver. This will require more investigation.] ) The page
he linked to also had some interesting jellyfish trivia, such as "The largest jellyfish ever found
was a lion's mane, with a bell 2m (7ft) across, and tentacles extending more than 35m" and
"A collection of jellyfish is known as a smack."
Update: Accipiter found a version of this same photo minus the diver ,
which would seem to indicate that the version with the diver has been photoshopped.
(Unless it was the diver who was photoshopped out, but that seems very unlikely
to me... [Wait a second, on a closer look it does seem that something might have been
removed from the version without the diver. This will require more investigation.] ) The page
he linked to also had some interesting jellyfish trivia, such as "The largest jellyfish ever found
was a lion's mane, with a bell 2m (7ft) across, and tentacles extending more than 35m" and
"A collection of jellyfish is known as a smack."
