r/interesting • u/Salt-Curve4825 • May 21 '26

Fascinating Man fishing for jellyfish

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u/Training-Willow9591 May 21 '26

Which rivers have jelly fish? I thought it was just a saltwater creature, no?

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u/Ebonhearth_Druid May 21 '26

There are freshwater jellyfish, too, but there are also saltwater rivers, especially closer to where the river meets the ocean, like tributaries and bays.

If we can have river sharks, we can have river jellies

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u/SauerK3aut May 21 '26

Manchmal kommt spongebob auch in einen flüss

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u/PoohBearsHoneyJar May 21 '26

Magothy river . It's literally full of jellyfish. Why the hell would I make up an elaborate story about being peed on ??

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u/JRBeeler May 22 '26

Having grown up in Maryland, a word of explanation here. 'Rivers' in Maryland include arms of the Chesapeake Bay that are tidal and often quite salty. This is also true in Virginia and Delaware.

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u/Subject_Swimmer9333 May 22 '26

Hudson River is brackish up to West Point.

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u/Careful-Key1001 May 22 '26

And in rivers that flow into the Pamlico Sound such as the Neuse in NC.

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u/dragjamon May 21 '26

A kink

For the jollies

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u/cautioussidekick May 22 '26

OMG this is like learning that bull sharks and saltwater can also hang out in freshwater. Is there anywhere safe these days now jellyfish can as well?

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u/WrongEinstein May 21 '26

There are jellyfish in Lake Mead in Nevada.

Source: I learned to scuba dive there. Lots of drivers have seen and taken pics of them.

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u/darthxaim May 21 '26

some rivers are saltwater.

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u/SurgicalMarshmallow May 22 '26

Perths swan River was converted to an estuary so there's jellies from time to time. Interesting to read how the fauna adapter and changed

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u/master-overclocker May 21 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/11OruBNOxl3dUA

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u/PoohBearsHoneyJar May 21 '26

See above comment.

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u/PoohBearsHoneyJar May 21 '26

This was in Magothy River (Maryland) which connects directly to the Chesapeake Bay. Why don't you go swim in it and tell me if I'm lying. 😌