Let's see how good your marine biology is (yeah I already have the answer).
Recently, Baltimore, Md. Inner Harbor has seen a dramatic increase in the number of jellyfish. Why?
Guess Why?
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esoxseeker
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ok ... let me guess. ..
Cause Baltimore spelled backwards is Eromitlab.
Eromitlab is a complex male hormonal secretion divied out my male Jelly fish when in a highened state of arousal.
Some moron must have yelled this term out loud at some point in time .. because now, all the blonde, female jellie fish are comin in to the bay lookin for a good time.
D-mo
Eromitlab is a complex male hormonal secretion divied out my male Jelly fish when in a highened state of arousal.
Some moron must have yelled this term out loud at some point in time .. because now, all the blonde, female jellie fish are comin in to the bay lookin for a good time.
D-mo
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I don't know but the reasons could be
1) overfishing and jellyfish move in to take up the slack or
2) poor oxygen content in the harbor due to who knows what ... excess nutrients in the water or something --- jellyfish are oyxgen-poor tolerant
and dunno how warm the water is in baltimore but warming water could make it better suited to jellyfish... and they move in
and the answer is ?
1) overfishing and jellyfish move in to take up the slack or
2) poor oxygen content in the harbor due to who knows what ... excess nutrients in the water or something --- jellyfish are oyxgen-poor tolerant
and dunno how warm the water is in baltimore but warming water could make it better suited to jellyfish... and they move in
and the answer is ?
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Here's a guess, let's see what ecology class taught us...
Jelly fish, like most predatory organisms will be drawn to abundances of food supply, and for jelly fish that means micro-organisms and small fish. In-order to have an increased abundance of micro-organisms (Plankton) and small fish there has to be an increase in either energy input (heat/sunlight) or increased nutrient loading (Agricultural runoff/sewage drainage).
I'm going to throw out a guess, they're attributing it to climate change which has caused warmer then usual water in the harbour which has caused a bloom in micro-organisms which has attracted the swarms of jelly fish.
Am I close?
Jelly fish, like most predatory organisms will be drawn to abundances of food supply, and for jelly fish that means micro-organisms and small fish. In-order to have an increased abundance of micro-organisms (Plankton) and small fish there has to be an increase in either energy input (heat/sunlight) or increased nutrient loading (Agricultural runoff/sewage drainage).
I'm going to throw out a guess, they're attributing it to climate change which has caused warmer then usual water in the harbour which has caused a bloom in micro-organisms which has attracted the swarms of jelly fish.
Am I close?
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