chelsea wrote:Big Boy if the blue ones are as poisonous over there as there are here in Australia, keep well away. They may only be very small in size, but are very dangerous and in extreme circumstances can kill
The blue ones that I've seen have been on the large size. I'm 6 foot 5 inches, and the first one I saw about 6 years ago was floating alongside me, and was longer than me.
The one I saw on this occassion was washed up on Ao Manao beach and was about 2 feet in diameter.
chelsea wrote:Big Boy if the blue ones are as poisonous over there as there are here in Australia, keep well away. They may only be very small in size, but are very dangerous and in extreme circumstances can kill
bluebottle jellyfish....very painful....ouch.
"All the otters don't understand me"
"We might make you bother"
chelsea wrote:Big Boy, one the size of the 1st one you talk about will prboably kill you if it wraps itself around you.
If you see again, retreate very very quickly
Don't worry, I did. About 3 hours later when my son persuaded me to go in to the water with him (I hadn't told anybody of my swimming partner at that stage), I found myself running from a paper bag soon after re-entering the water.
You should have saved that one for the photo competition. I'm at this moment studying it and looking for lottery numbers in the skin pattern. I guess you could wear it as an amulet also.
By the by, when is the next photo competition kicking off, anyone know? Pete
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... just encase it in glass, put a band of gold around the edge, hang it on a chain, or bit of string with a bar at the back to offset the weight & bob's your amulet!
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