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Giant jellyfish cause boat to capsize

Filed under: Scuba Diving, Asia, China, JapanA school of giant Nomura's jellyfish are being blamed for the sinking of a fishing boat earlier this week, sending the three man crew overboard, and the 10-ton ship to the bottom of the ocean just off the... ...full story at Gadling

from Gadling on Fri, Nov 06 2009

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11 Jun 08 visit On a LongTail off the coast of Krabi Thailand  »  YouTube videowe were shuttled from shore by LongTail boat to our Dive boat ( KonTiki) to do some amazing scuba diving
11 Mar 09 visit Four bodies found after Thai tourist boat sinks  »  The Nation Four missing foreign scuba divers on Wednesday were found trapped inside their boat which sunk near Phuket.
04 Nov 08 visit Killer on the loose  »  The Nation Swimmers are warned after deadly box jellyfish tentacles cause fatalities Tourists snorkelling off Thailand's southern coasts have been falling victim to swarms of deadly box jellyfish lately.Victims have arrived at Krabi Provincial Hospital and Phi...
12 Mar 09 visit 5th body found on sunken boat  »  The Nation Phuket - The body of another passenger missing from a diving cruise boat accident late Sunday night off Phuket was found trapped inside the sunken boat yesterday morning.
10 Mar 09 visit Thai marine police find one of six missing scuba divers  »  The Nation Bangkok (dpa) - Thai marine police Tuesday found the body of a missing scuba diver floating near the site where a boat sunk in a sudden storm after a diving tour to the Similan Islands, leaving six foreigners and a Thai national missing and believed...
22 Sep 07 visit jellyfish sting  »  Lonely Planet HiI got stung by a jellyfish in Thailand in March 2007- got Irukandje and was very ill for a few weeks - I would like to let people know about this - has anyone out there being stung - there are some reports on the net - mainly where people have...

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