Watch Out! They're Back!

**DarthInsinuate** · 11-09-2003, 11:32 AM

its in threads like these i feel safe not knowing how to swim - until i fall off the boat

**titey** · 11-09-2003, 11:45 AM

Why would you need to know how to swim?

You could just "use the force" to float above the water.

**Guillaume** · 11-09-2003, 12:19 PM

Killer jellyfishes, fire ants... Is there anything non-lethal in Australia?

**Billy_Dean** · 11-09-2003, 12:31 PM

Originally posted by Gurahl@9 November 2003 - 22:19
Killer jellyfishes, fire ants... Is there anything non-lethal in Australia?

Yeah, the beer!!

**UKMan** · 11-09-2003, 02:04 PM

This is why i'm glad i live in a country that turns evil thingies like that into frozen statues - allthough we have had them on the west coast during summer. Not that particular species mind you, but just as dangerous.

For those that dont know where i live right now, its Sweden - not UK

Peace
UKSwedenMan

**bigboab** · 11-09-2003, 02:06 PM

Originally posted by UKMan@9 November 2003 - 14:04
This is why i'm glad i live in a country that turns evil thingies like that into frozen statues - allthough we have had them on the west coast during summer. Not that particular species mind you, but just as dangerous.

For those that dont know where i live right now, its Sweden - not UK

Peace
UKSwedenMan

Could you go round and give Snny a hand with his computer?

**UKMan** · 11-09-2003, 02:24 PM

Originally posted by bigboab+9 November 2003 - 15:06--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (bigboab @ 9 November 2003 - 15:06)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-UKMan@9 November 2003 - 14:04
This is why i'm glad i live in a country that turns evil thingies like that into frozen statues - allthough we have had them on the west coast during summer. Not that particular species mind you, but just as dangerous.

For those that dont know where i live right now, its Sweden - not UK 

Peace
UKSwedenMan

Could you go round and give Snny a hand with his computer?

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uhmm - no! -

Its a big country - wheres he at anyway ?

**Rat Faced** · 11-09-2003, 02:24 PM

Originally posted by Billy_Dean@9 November 2003 - 09:58
If I'm not mistaken Riddler, that looks like a bluebottle. This jellyfish can kill people with certain allergies.

We have another jellyfish in these parts that is causing concern, mainly because of it's size, that's the "Irukandji". They are very small, only 1cm across, and are getting into our stinger nets. Last summer, these jellyfish killed three tourists in Far North Queensland.

Actual size. (on my monitor anyway)

Toxic shock from stinger family
Tuesday, 15 October 2002

Up to eight species of small, almost invisible box jellyfish cause Irukandji Syndrome – and there is no antivenom for their potentially fatal stings.

Dr Peter Fenner, Associate Professor at the James Cook University School of Medicine, and Mr John Hadok, of the Emergency Department at Mackay Base Hospital, have documented the first reported death from Irukandji Syndrome in the in The Medical Journal of Australia.
"More than 100 people are likely to be stung and visit hospital this summer. Tragically this year, for the first time, there were two fatalities from Irukandji Syndrome in North Queensland", said Dr Fenner.

Two middle-aged men were killed by jellyfish stings earlier this year, in separate incidents near Port Douglas and in the Whitsunday Islands.

Dr Fenner believes that the jellyfish responsible for the deaths is an undescribed species of Irukandji that lives around the outer reefs and the Whitsunday Islands of the Great Barrier Reef.

OOOooo A squishy..

I shall call him "my squishy"...

**hobbes** · 11-09-2003, 03:30 PM

Originally posted by Billy_Dean@9 November 2003 - 08:28
BTW,this does not effect swimming and diving on the reef as the jellyfish stick to the shore.

And peanut butter and jelly fish stick to the roof of your mouth, so again, no problem diving the reef.