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Vast numbers of bluebottle jellyfish have swarmed beaches in Queensland, Australia, stinging thousands of people and forcing the closure of swim spots.
Surf Life Saving Queensland said over 2,600 people received treatment at the weekend. Bluebottle stings are painful but typically not life-threatening.
Unusually strong winds pushed the jellyfish colonies close to shore.
About 13,000 stings were recorded in the past week - three times more than in the corresponding period last year.
Most incidents took place in Queensland's heavily populated Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast regions.
Surf Life Saving Queensland said over 2,600 people received treatment at the weekend. Bluebottle stings are painful but typically not life-threatening.
Unusually strong winds pushed the jellyfish colonies close to shore.
About 13,000 stings were recorded in the past week - three times more than in the corresponding period last year.
Most incidents took place in Queensland's heavily populated Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast regions.
Thousands stung by jellyfish in Australia
Posted from bbc.com
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Swimming
Posted 6 y ago
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Hears another tip, after the first one got stung, don't go into the water with jellyfish.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
SGT (Join to see) If there is Salt Water, I've got My Diving Boots, Mask, Gloves and a Whole Bottle of MSG I'm going Swimming. I've Played with Moray and Spotted Eels, Sharks, Stonefish. Having Said that Screwing Around on the Sand Flats off Gulf Shores Alabama I swam thru a School of Jellyfish (I didn't see them but I felt them). didn't hurt that bad but the looks of My Children and My Cousins Children Faces when I went up on the Beach I will always Remember. "What?" Then I looked down at My Body. I Put a Tiger to Shame with the Stripes they Left on Me. Needless to say No One Else wanted to go in the Water after that. I was back in the Water in 45 minutes.
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