In other news....
Just kidding with the segue, here's the story at the Daily Mail, September 23:
Texas beaches have been invaded by a rare sea creature with giant tentacles that's looking to wipe out local jellyfish along the Gulf Coast.
The culprit is called the 'pink meanie' and it's actually another species of jellyfish that wasn't declared a new species until 2011.
In a video by the Harte Research Institute in Texas, Director of Community Engagement Jace Tunnell revealed that the pink meanies have flooded the Texas coast, searching for moon jellyfish to feed on.
Pink meanies, whose official scientific name is Drymonema larsoni, can weigh up to 50 pounds and have a collection of tentacles which grow to be 70 feet long.Although Tunnell said they were first spotted in the Gulf around 25 years ago, their appearances on Texas beaches are pretty rare, and Tunnell added he had been looking for this species for nearly a year.
With their favorite food swimming into the warm waters of the Gulf this summer, sightings have spiked, with Tunnell noting he's discovered over 10 of these giant jellies in a just a 10-miles stretch of US beaches.
Others on social media added they've seen even more giant pink meanies in the ocean, including one man on Facebook claiming to see 30 to 40 a few hundred miles south of Galveston this month....
....MUCH MORE
As amateur scribblers we are adherents of the WaPo's Joel Aschenbach's dictum:
...When in doubt, go with the most hysterical headline.
Okay kids, gather round. Tonight we're going to tell the tale of the Pink Meanies...
