However, I can't help taking pleasure when humans are put in their place and made to realize, when dealing with the environment, it's us against them.
Like Bruckner Chase, who decided to take swim across the Monterey Bay in an attempt to raise awareness about the fragility of the local marine environment.
He also raised awareness about his skin's susceptibility to jelly fish tentacles.
Chase was first stung about an hour into a swim that began in his hometown Santa Cruz before dawn. The jellies became more dense and the stings more frequent, so a determined Chase donned a wetsuit handed to him by those aboard an escort boat.
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During the last mile, Chase felt them oozing through his hands with every stroke and realized "that had I not been in a wetsuit, I would not have been able to physically survive."
'Come on guys, I'm trying to help here'...people need to know...(oweeeee!)...how fragile...(fuck, that one hurt!)...the bay is...(dear god, get me out of this bay!)...you guys...(shit!)...need me...
Obviously, marine life is good for three things: watching in high definition with David Attenborough's narration, placing in a miniaturized ecosystem in your living room, and eating...with a basket of bottomless fries...
Photo from Monterey Bay Aquarium
