Thodd
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Registered: 14-11-2003 Location: Manchester Member Is Offline Mood: itchin to get wet!!!
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Jelly fish alert!!!
After a brief holiday in Cornwall my Mum and Dad came back and informed me that they had been informed of a jelly fish problem in the
UK seas (probably by a drunk they met met in a pub  ) which included a
lot of sightings of the nasty Lions Mane Jelly Fish.
I didn't take much notice of this as they aren't the most sea loving people and I thought to myself they probably didn't know what they
were talking about.
However it looks like their drunken informer might have been on to something!
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/19684.html
.......bugger!
You'll be happy to hear that only one Portugese Man of War jellyfish has been seen in the last year in UK waters................and it
was dead!
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rob
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| posted on 13-7-2004 at 17:21 |
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i've just searched for some photos of the jelly fish that are covering borth beach at the moment, it appears they're moon jellyfish -
harmless apparently! thats always good to know.... but dont like the sound of that lions mare thing!! eugh!
rob
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bucski
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| posted on 13-7-2004 at 21:54 |
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i've stepped on loads, never seemed to do me any harm!
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rob
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| posted on 14-7-2004 at 15:22 |
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which one? the lions mane one? they can be deadly apparently!
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bucski
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| posted on 14-7-2004 at 20:41 |
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don't seem too deadly yet....... what's that pain in my foot.........urggghhhhh
[Edited on 14-7-2004 by bucski]
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scotty
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| posted on 16-7-2004 at 04:23 |
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lions mane are not deadly but as an ex fisherman know if you get them in your eye or up your nose or anywhere on your face you will
know all about it
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S-J
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Registered: 30-5-2004 Location: Somerset Member Is Offline Mood: Wanna go out to play!!!
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| posted on 25-7-2004 at 21:56 |
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What do the Lion's Mane jellyfish look like?
We went to Westward Ho! today [rockpooling and watching the kitesurfers, not sailing] and there were loads of jellyfish washed up. Just
little ones with a kind of browny/maroon stripe on them and around the edge of the main body. Also, loads of satsuma sized comletely
clear ones.
Just thought I'd mention it in case it was relevant.
~He reaches his hand to catch the stars and forgets the flowers at his feet~
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