• Question: Do you think that with global warming, jellyfish, will become more aggressive?

    Asked by muckymillie to Charlotte, Jo, Kevin, Louise, Valeria on 19 Jun 2012.
    • Photo: Kevin Mahon

      Kevin Mahon answered on 19 Jun 2012:

      I certainly think more aggressive jellyfish will end up close to here. If our surrounding waters warm up sufficiently, tropical populations will come here. They are obviously larger (and scarier) than we we have currently. But I don’t think an increase in temperature will result in our current populations of species becoming more aggressive

    • Photo: Valeria Senigaglia

      Valeria Senigaglia answered on 19 Jun 2012:

      I don’t think jellyfishes are aggressive. However as Kevin said, if the temperature increase and environmental conditions become more favorable they can proliferate (increasing in number) and get bigger for sure.

    • Photo: Joanna Cruden

      Joanna Cruden answered on 20 Jun 2012:

      I think they only sting to protect themselves they don’t go out of their way to attack people, but if we swim towards them they may think we are being aggressive towards them and fight back. I agree that with temperature increases they will also increase in numbers and may be more widespread.

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