Monterey Bay Jellyfish Attack

" The Monterey bay aquarium sea water filtration system is being attacked by hundreds of thousands of jelly fish. Aquarium officials say the -- damage to screen on Monday that filters water flowing into the tanks from Monterey -- For more we're joined on now on KCBS news on by Chad -- he's a senior up queries at the Monterey bay aquarium and he's responsible for this facilities jelly fish collection. Now what kind of jelly fish are we talking about and are they inside the aquarium -- outside."

" I think the -- picture outside the aquarium -- in the wild we drop seawater in from the they read it through the building and then return it to debate. So there are giant -- filters. And that -- are clogging the pre filters right now. Tom there are three main kind of -- clogging up the filters right now. There are the northeast specifics CNET also to the big orange -- there are some guilt -- which are big yellow ones. And then there are also moon jellies which are certainly a lavender pinkish color."

" Will be pretty ironic Chad all the way around right and we've got jelly fish exhibit inside the aquarium you've got these jellyfish shifted. RRR somehow getting involved in the whole clogging."

" I'm actually very happy to see all of the -- is doing very well out there -- held. You know meantime maintain the collection here MBA and and I usually live awful about cultured specimens -- If he were problems out there that are in fine condition is that kind of retreat for -- that. You know do you realize that they sort of get believe human activity in the club the seawater intake of the aquarium ship's power plants in the final a lot of other I think Steve."

" So that -- can we assume this is normal behavior for them or are there really just going about their business and -- kind of in the wrong place at the wrong time."

" Yeah exactly had -- I would say that this is normal for them of her first specially the northeast sixteen titles we typically -- of them and late summer early fall. And just so this is just sort of a normal thing for them and they probably just -- directed into the -- the current probably just brought them into the bay with a certain. Incoming or outgoing tide and you know here they are --"

" No sometimes Jolie Fisher are are discussed is an indicator species for lack of a better term for. Such phenomenon and -- el Nino and climate change in anything that we can draw off from seeing know these Jolie Fisher."

" Well I don't know that we can make any -- Definite conclusions based on just being a few balloons at -- we in the Julie finish their research community around the world order are looking at this phenomenon of how -- jellyfish -- being affected by global climate change and this is really entirely cut to news two to be making brought predictions. Because the work -- hadn't been done -- actually we're gonna meet in Argentina. -- next summer hand discuss more about how we can study this problem. But. At the answer lies with the bottom living polyps of the -- finished. Most people used to seeing -- when they -- jelly fish they think of the Medusa pays its swims around. But they are separate taxes their moms and dads and and they reproduce a bottom living polyps stage which is. Elect the BBC in Germany it looks like a little peace and -- and internally about 45 millimeters tall. These polyps live on the bottom of the seats and they're able to make it sexual copies of themselves and then when environmental conditions changed. The polyps will undergo the process of struggling until they look go into jelly fish production -- So when had a temperature change is the polyps. Collected jellyfish production notes but the holy Grail for jellyfish scientists right now for all of us in the world understanding -- Nobody knows -- the polyps live in nature. And if you can't find the politic in nature you can't say well the temperature has increased or decreased in that area. And then you know draw conclusions about the population after that. But that's what we're looking for the holy Grail of daily -- where do the politics was so that we can study them and see what. Factors make them go -- utility production mode."