Jellyfish Jam - VeggieTales Mission Possible Adventure Series

It’s an incident that might have been noted only on an insurance claim except for the dramatic consequences: by 2007, those few lionfish had exploded into a population so large, healthy and aggressive that they were decimating the reefs of the... Living for only a year or two, Humboldt squid, also know as the Jumbo squid, Dosidicus gigas , eat everything in sight, even their own kind. It is still debatable as to why these animals are on the move, but one theory that scientists support is the warming change in ocean temperature due to climate change.   Hundreds of these pulsating masses, their venomous tentacles trapped in fishing nets, are crowding out the mackerel and sea bass that used to make fishing lucrative. Now fishing and tourism in the Bahamas are actually threatened by the invasion and the best hope is that Bahamians and tourists develop a taste for this newly abundant fish. We are becoming aware of the cumulative effects of how we live, but our influence can also be felt from a single incident that results in dramatic, unintended change. This invasion of voracious predators is alarming biologists because these predators could create far-reaching ecological effects on West Coast fisheries and marine ecosystems.  A recent study claims that a single lionfish can kill three-quarters of a reef’s small fish population in just five weeks.   But in recent decades, they have expanded their range and in places like the Sea of Cortez, the squid population is now estimated to be over 20 million and supports a lucrative, predictable fishery.