Vacationers in Korea will (hopefully) be able to stop worrying about the massive swarms of jellyfish that have been plaguing the beaches and enjoy some splish-splash time.
Filefish have a taste for jellies, and 280,000 of the 2″ fish were released into the waters of Haeundae and Songjeong beaches on Tuesday.
I just hope they don’t like to nibble on the humans.
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Korean beaches used to be considered shark-free but our toothy friends have been spotted along the coasts in recent months.
The National Fisheries Research and Development Institute has warned vacationers visiting beaches to pay attention to sharks between May and September, saying the country is no longer a shark-free region.
The growing danger is due to rising sea temperatures and the expansion of warm currents to the peninsula. “With the warm currents flowing toward the country, sharks’ prey such as mackerel and squid, are coming to the coast, and sharks are following them,” Kim Jung-nyun, a researcher at the institute, said.
He also said that when a shark attacks, people are advised to hit its nose, where sensory organs are gathered, with wooden or iron poles, and then it will swim away. Uh, so keep one of those handy why don’t ya.
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