SearchWhen we come across stories such as the jellyfish as large as a person, we often ponder if it’s true or not. Images can be manipulated to make something look larger than it is or even changed on a computer.
So, this story had us thinking. We try to check stories to see if they can be confirmed by three separate sources (not Wikipedia by the way). This will usually show whether or not it can be confirmed as true.
Sources for this story are Snopes.com (a fact-checking site), LiveScience.com and Smithsonian.com. All are serious sites that confirmed the story is true.
You might try checking three reputable sources if you think a story might be fake.
Lizzie Daly is an ambassador for the Marine Conservation Society in the United Kingdom. She is a trained biologist and, along with her cameraman Dan Abbott, was exploring the coastal water off Cornwall in England for a TV series.
Like a ghost in the murky water, a 5-foot-long barrel jellyfish appeared. The pair spent the next hour swimming alongside. Neither had ever encountered a jellyfish this large before. In fact, few people can say they have had this experience, although marine biologists will tell you the Lion’s Mane jellyfish can grow to as much as 120 feet long.
