Is there poisonous jellyfish in Florida?
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Check out dockwatch.disl.org
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The Irukandji jellyfish (Carukia barnesi) is a small, extremely venomous box jellyfish. Its bada-ss, a wonder of evolutionary genetics.\n\nIts smaller then a fingernail, with very long hair thin tentacles nearly invisible in the water. Recently discovered, we know very little because it is so fragile and almost impossible to keep alive in habitation.\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPtqVh4fcoc check out the video, I do believe this woman was sick for 2-weeks. Described as an unending staircase of pain where the most potent morphine injection barely takes the edge off! Like having your spine smashed over and over again.\n\nThat woman had a dead tentacle swipe across her wrist. After getting out of the water. she was covered head to toe in a scuba outfit. She was stung while researching this animal, being aware of its potency. Imagine running into this bugger unknowingly like a normal recreational swimmer.  It is unknown how many deaths from Irukandji syndrome have been wrongly attributed to other causes.
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A group of jellyfish is often called a 'smack'. Many species of jellyfish can congregate into large swarms or 'blooms'. The formation of these blooms is a complex process that depends on ocean currents, nutrients, temperature and oxygen content.
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Check the local bait shops. There is one on A1A heading toward Old Mayport (the Ferry)"I can't remember the name of the place. Great people there. Catch one for me!!!! I sure miss my hometown....Jacksonville
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Well, if it is in your pants, then Jellyfish.  One way to sooth a jellyfish sting is to pee on it...and since it is already in your pants...
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My cousin told me this little trick......pour some powdered meat tenderizer on it. I use it for wasp stings too. Usually I dampen the affected area a little so that it'll stick on there better and then I leave it for about an hour. Works for the wasp stings, should work for jellyfish stings.
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Here are some tips to treating jellyfish stings common to the area. \n\n1.Get out of the water and wash affected area off with sea/saltwater if possible. Freshwater will actually exacerbate the stinging process. If a tentacle is still attached (rare) remove it with something other than bare skin (towel, glove, water pressure, etc). You will notice some redness and sometimes some local hives. \n2.Apply a paste of water and UNSEASONED meat tenderizer. Leave the paste on for 15-20 minutes or until the pain from the sting subsides. Note: there are other remedies in treating these stings but this is what our local Fire Department uses. There are some commercially sold preparations sold at Ship and Shore. \n3.Some people may feel the need to apply Benadryl  cream or tablets due to some welt/hives that may remain. 4.If there are any signs of an allergic reaction - CALL 911 immediately. Signs of an allergic reaction include wheezing, swelling in the throat and mouth, nausea, weakness and hives spread beyond the affected area.
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it would become hypotonic to its surrounding water which means the water around it would have a higher osmotic pressure, thus drowning the jellyfish
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Starfish have no poison. He may have a bacteria from the saltwater or something else associated with the crabs, but it isn't comeing from the starfish.
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Check with florida bar
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You mean sea life like poisonous puffer-fish or stinging jelly fish? Or do you mean man-made products like rusty tin cans or broken glass? That's why I take swim shoes with me. May look dumb but hey Mom always said wear your rubbers.
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1) Fierce Snake or Inland Taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus ), Australia. The most toxic venom of any snake. Maximum yield recorded (for one bite) is 110mg. That would porbably be enough to kill over 100 people or 250,000 mice. These rare snakes are vitually unknown in collections outside of Australia.\n2) Australian Brown Snake (Pseudonaja textilis ), Australia. One 1/14,000 of an ounce of this vemon is enough to kill a person. \n3) Malayan Krait (Bungarus candidus ), Southeast Asia and Indonesia. 50% of the bites from this snake are fatal even with the use of antivenin treatment. \n4) Taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus ), Australia. The venom delivered in a single Taipan bite is enough to kill up to 12,000 guinea pigs. \n5) Tiger Snake (Notechis scutatus ), Australia. \n6) Beaked Sea Snake (Enhydrina schistosa ), South Asian waters Arabian Sea to Coral Sea..\n7) Saw Scaled Viper (Echis carinatus ), Middle East Asia.\n8) Coral Snake (Micrurus fulvius ), North America.\n9) Boomslang (Dispholidus typus ), Africa. \n10) Death Adder (Acanthopis antarcticus ), Australia and New Guinea. \n11) Black Mamba, both species of Green Mambas, and the Mojave Rattlesnake.
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I hate to be the one to break the news to you, but actually all spiders are poisonous.. even the harmless ones like daddy long legs... look at all the elderly ppl at Okinawa.. you have nothing to be afraid of.. I could find no reference to any species of highly poisonous spider for Okinawa
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Absolutely not. But there have been cases where subtherapeutic levels of fluoride have been added to the water, too little to do any good. Happened in my town.
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The leatherback turtle eats jellyfish. Sharks don't generally eat jellyfish unless it is about to starve. Sperm whales may perhaps eat a jellyfish. They mainly eat squid, but will probably eat one because sperm whales love fillet. They eat giant octopus too when they get a chance. Mostly invertebrates.\n\nOh, and larger jellyfish will eat smaller jellyfish. The Lion's Mane jellyfish will eat moon jellies, for instance.
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usually people from florida
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the little filaments on their tentacles (also some have little stingers) can be highly toxic.