'Ghost boat' carrying mutant suspects washed up on the coast of Hawaii

The lost ghost ship after the tsunami devastated the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan drifted into the island of Hawaii with many mutant suspected creatures.

The three meter long boat was discovered while floating near the coast of Kauai, an island in the Hawaiian Islands. The surfers pulled the boat near the shore for scientists to check, Daily Star reported yesterday.

Researchers found a sign that printed the Japanese manufacturer's name faded and many unidentified tiny creatures clinging to the bow. They were convinced the boat was a debris from the 2011 Japanese tsunami and the creature found there was an invasive species that had never appeared in Hawaii.

Identify "ghost boat" washed ashore on Hawaii.(Photo: Daily Star).

Dr. Carl Berg, senior scientist at the Surfrider Foundation environmental organization, studies a plastic boat at Anini beach on October 9.

"We took photos that included the sign of the manufacturer's name. The boat's registration number was peeled. I scraped out some oysters and red algae. I took apart the black handles with the creatures. "Super-small oysters bind to the hard shells. While oysters and red algae are very popular species in the open ocean, we know nothing about the organization of this microscopic organism," Dr. Berg said.

Dr. Berg sent specimens from the boat to Dr. James Carlton at Williams University, Connecticut, USA, an expert on invasive animals for investigation.

The boat appeared only a few days after Dr. Carlton published a report on 289 species of drifting from Japan to the US on fragments after the tsunami in 2011. Among the hundreds of specimens he collected there were many fish, crustaceans, algae, oysters and jellyfish.

The tsunami in March 2011 off Japan killed nearly 16,000 people and left more than 2,500 missing. The disaster caused nearly $ 240 billion in damage, including melting three reactors at the Fukushima nuclear power plant.