Well...a beach of algae, anyway
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/7486814.stm
Video's worth taking a look at
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Young recruits from the People's Liberation Army threw off their shoes and stood knee-deep in the thick green algae that has overwhelmed the Qingdao coastline.
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With every wave more of the algae comes ashore. Earth-moving equipment has arrived and long mechanical conveyor belts; perhaps they will speed up the progress.
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Locals say the algae has never been so thick here - agricultural and industrial pollution are thought to be responsible.
But China, embarrassed by the most vivid proof yet of its environmental problems, says the algae is a natural occurrence, and blames the sea for being too salty, the sun for being too hot.
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Hahahaha:
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At a news conference earlier in the day one official suggested that algae could be good for you.
"The Japanese eat it," she said.
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Alongside is their coach, Hamish Wilcox. He has been sailing these waters for three years. He is in little doubt about the cause of the outbreak.
"There's no denying that there's a lot of sewage flowing out into the bay here," he said.
"Some days it's disgusting, most of it is pretty raw, but there's quite a lot of current here so it does get swept away."
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Up to your knees in raw sewage. Lucky recruits. And good luck serving that algae as food:
"Miss, there appears to be a lump of shit in my soup"
"That's just a protein bar, sir"
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