#127138 - 03/12/08 06:09 PM
Re: SM aquatic nasties
[Re: NightHiker]
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Wetsuits, swim skins or even pantyhose are good defenses against jellys.
Pantyhose? If the jellyfish didn't kill you, you'd die of embarassment.  Speak for yourself, I look dead sexy in pantyhose. ROFLMAO!!! I don't want to think about either of you in pantyhose. However, I will gladly see, imagine or even fantasize about a woman in something sheer. Got to think about how to use the information.
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#127141 - 03/12/08 07:12 PM
Re: SM aquatic nasties
[Re: Arney]
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Registered: 02/08/08
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Loc: Toledo Ohio
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I don’t remember what network it was on (Discovery channel?) but did any of you see the show on the box-jellyfish in Australia? Look up "Irukandji". I don't know if I saw the same show as you're talking about, but these things are tiny, invisible buggers. Despite trying to cover every piece of exposed flesh, those two Irukandji researchers both got stung on a dive together and were in full-body agony. Luckily they got out of the water before they were incapacitated with pain. They said that even max doses of morphine only took the edge off the pain. The woman was in severe pain for weeks IIRC. It sounds like we saw the same show, she was in the hospital shaking, in a lot of pain, and looked real sick, and mumbling that she didn’t know why she does this kind of work. I would not want to go through what she did. The guy did much better, I don’t think he got stung as much. I remember them holding up a bottle of water (the size of a Mason jar) with them in it and there were a lot of them in it. It’s amazing something so small can do the damage these little jellyfish can.
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#127142 - 03/12/08 07:20 PM
Re: SM aquatic nasties
[Re: BobS]
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I don't remember where I heard it but one of the 'rules' is that the smaller the creature, the more toxic the venom. Jelly Fish, Frogs, spiders, Octopii, etc. There are exceptions but for the most part is holds true. Speaking of Octopii I'm surprised nobody mentioned the Blue Ringed Octopus. One of natures most venomous creatures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-ringed_octopus
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#127147 - 03/12/08 08:42 PM
Re: SM aquatic nasties
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I think I will stay out of the water...
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#127148 - 03/12/08 08:45 PM
Re: SM aquatic nasties
[Re: MoBOB]
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Hearing the M-16, in full auto mode, going off, immediately followed by the shout, "SHARK", made up my mind about swimming in the ocean as I "flew" up a cargo net and onto the safety of the ship's main deck's non-skid under my bare feet!!!!
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#127149 - 03/12/08 09:00 PM
Re: SM aquatic nasties
[Re: Dan_McI]
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Registered: 10/12/07
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Loc: Southern California
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Wetsuits, swim skins or even pantyhose are good defenses against jellys.
Pantyhose? If the jellyfish didn't kill you, you'd die of embarassment. Speak for yourself, I look dead sexy in pantyhose. ROFLMAO!!! I don't want to think about either of you in pantyhose. However, I will gladly see, imagine or even fantasize about a woman in something sheer. Got to think about how to use the information. I can see it now: "But honest, honey, I wasn't looking at her legs, I was evaluating her jellyfish protection capability."
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