A reckonining with the species that may one day rule the world... For Sunday Miscellany on RTÉ Radio 1, listen to Tentacular Winter by Alexander McMaster above.
Have you ever been stung by a jellyfish? It's a nasty experience, but it’s just the beginning.
There is an idea – jellyfish apocalypse theory – that suggests in a lifeless ocean, swarms of gelatinous creatures will be all that remain.
Ghosts, lingering in the void left by the squids and the sea stars, nudibranchs and narwhals, jellyfish will be the shadow of consciousness in a dark blue sea… Fluid packs of neurons throbbing to the beat of their own directionless march. Nothing left to sting.
Warming seas hasten the jellyfish apocalypse, offering a hospitable habitat for their hauntings. They thrive in the oxygen poor oceans of the future. The jellyfish judgement is near....
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