Teenagers survived six days at sea eating jellyfish and seaweed

[zoobyshoe]

Water Water everywhere, nor any drop to drink.

That's catchy! Can I quote you on that?

 

[hitssquad]

They drank ocean water though.

They did not drink ocean water. They gargled it.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/05/02/cnna.long/

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The only thing we could do with the water was gargle salt water and spit it out. And it drizzled one night, and we licked water off the deck, trying to get something in us. So that's all we had.
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[zoobyshoe]

In the news story just linked by hitsquad the older brother says the younger brother ate jellyballs. These are also known as cannonball jellyfish. Apparently very common, and sometimes used as fishing bait.

JELLYFISH-SEA SCIENCE SERIES
Address:http://www.dnr.state.sc.us/marine/pub/seascience/jel

 

[hypatia]

I ate jellyfish once, well I can't really say I ate it because it refused to go down my throat. Much like Fear Factor,except there wasen't a bucket.

 

[zoobyshoe]

I ate jellyfish once, well I can't really say I ate it because it refused to go down my throat. Much like Fear Factor,except there wasen't a bucket.

So someone dared a jellyfish to go down your throat, but it refused, giving up its chance at the 50 thousand dollars?

 

[Math Is Hard]

Jellyfish as a panacea:
http://www.weeksbay.org/newsletter/Fall_2000/Pg9_1.htm

For more than 1,000 years, Asians have been eating jellyfish for medicinal reasons to treat high blood pressure, arthritis, bronchitis, gout and even some cancers. Research continues. Jellyfish is an ideal diet food because it is low in fat, protein, cholesterol and calories.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Jellyfish as a panacea:

Did you catch the last line? :

"Jellyfish have a crunchy texture asians describe as `music to the teeth.'"

Great link, Math!

 

[hypatia]

dared a jellyfish to go down your throat, but it refused,

Yes it lost its chance to win the 50,000 and become the jellyfish king, rule the world and all that good stuff that goes along with being king.