Nautorius
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Warning; Man o\' War off the Costa Del Sol
Hi All,
Anyone venturing down to the Southern Spanish shoreline is being asked to take care.
"Holidaymakers in Spain are being warned to be vigilant when they take to the water and beware of the stinging menace in the shallows, the Daily Telegraph reported yesterday.
For the first time in a decade the potentially deadly Portuguese Man o’ War, which are not strictly jellyfish but floating colonies of microscopic hydrozoans, has been spotted close to the beaches of the Costa del Sol.
“With tentacles sometimes more than 30 yards long, which are barbed with a sting 10 times stronger than an ordinary jellyfish, it presents a more dangerous threat than the annual jellyfish invasion of Mediterranean beaches. In extreme cases, the sting can cause heart failure in victims who are allergic to it,” said the report.
Scientists fear the creatures could spread along the coast of Spain and invade waters around the Balearic Islands after venturing away from its north Atlantic habitat and through the Strait of Gibraltar"
More gtreat summer news...
Cheers
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Hi All,
Anyone venturing down to the Southern Spanish shoreline is being asked to take care.
"Holidaymakers in Spain are being warned to be vigilant when they take to the water and beware of the stinging menace in the shallows, the Daily Telegraph reported yesterday.
For the first time in a decade the potentially deadly Portuguese Man o’ War, which are not strictly jellyfish but floating colonies of microscopic hydrozoans, has been spotted close to the beaches of the Costa del Sol.
“With tentacles sometimes more than 30 yards long, which are barbed with a sting 10 times stronger than an ordinary jellyfish, it presents a more dangerous threat than the annual jellyfish invasion of Mediterranean beaches. In extreme cases, the sting can cause heart failure in victims who are allergic to it,” said the report.
Scientists fear the creatures could spread along the coast of Spain and invade waters around the Balearic Islands after venturing away from its north Atlantic habitat and through the Strait of Gibraltar"
More gtreat summer news...
Cheers
Paul /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
