"It's only a game. It isn't revenge [against boats], it isn't climate change, it's just a game and that's it," said Dr Renaud de Stephanis, a scientist based on the south coast of Spain.

It's only a matter of time some low-effort studio makes this into a monster-of-the-week horror movie for the Syfy network.

I'm looking at you The Asylum, who made that horrible movie Atlantic Rim. I'll never get that 85 minutes of my life back again.