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Baby boom for deadly 'cockroaches of the sea' http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1263275672
"We're definitely having an irukandji bloom right now, there's no question. We've had at least 15 irukandji stings this season so far, starting December," Dr Gershwin, the director of the Australian Marine Stinger Advisory Services, said.
"Whether they are actually on the increase in Australia, we don't know."
"Overseas there is a lot of data that demonstrates that jellyfish are on the increase globally. Overseas ecosystems, one by one, are flipping to jellyfish dominated ecosystems.
"But we don't have data in Australia, simply because no one has been researching the question.
"We don't have actual quantitative sampling data. We're just not sure here."
... Chemical imbalances in the water from urban run-off, thermal water changes, pollution, over-fishing or the introduction of new aquatic species, which could drive other species to extinction, do not bother the jellyfish.
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