【Japan】

What's this?Japan Oh nothing, just some images that make it look as though jellyfish are plotting an overthrow of the human race.

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The Sunshine Coast in Australia, specifically, is being blighted with a huge number of beached, blobby jellyfish invaders.

Facebook user Charlotte Lawson captured some creepy shots of the mass beaching that look a little like an alien takeover.

10 points to Lawson for her incredibly pithy Facebook caption too. "Got jelly" indeed.

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According to news reports, almost 23,000 people have been stung in the space of a mere two months. That's a quite a lot.

And actually, it's all because of those damn strong northerly winds that have been blowing all summer long.

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Though it's best to stay calm in such situations, don't forget that the hostile takeover by a race of strange-looking creatures with stingers has been predicted by such varied sources as The Day Of The Triffids, War Of The Worlds and, um, Spongebob Squarepants.

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You've been warned.

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