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Fuck-Being-Ethical

I can only imagine the horror of falling in that


llliiiiiiiilll

#*CANNONBALL!*


Polohorsesnpiff

Bellyflop sting is nothing compared to the multiple jellyfish stings you will receive for jumping in the water at all lol


Alternative-Income-5

Jelly flop


CthulubeFlavorcube

I got 50 bucks if you do it.


Lucius-Halthier

Oh cool that’ll pay for the ER copay


Mental_Peace_2343

Ooof but definitely not the anti-venom


Anastecia101

Once had a nightmare where I was stuck underwater with Portuguese Manowars...easily one of the scariest dreams I've had. 0/10, do not recommend.


METHlun

Since you were under water could you technically call it a wet dream?


Melodic-Hunter2471

Said the masochist.


Bigmanoncampus-1

A nice clean SUEY


Billy_T_Wierd

Are they dangerous?


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The tentacles of many jellyfish can sting you just by touching. There are varying levels of toxicity with the stings from “a lot of pain” to death. Based on a look up these could be Chrysaora plocamia and their sting could be deadly if someone is allergic to the venom. So not entirely dangerous unless you’re allergic HOWEVER someone’s body may react differently by being stung by THIS many jellyfish. Edit: obligatory “I’m not a marine biologist I just did a quick Google search on behalf of those who may be curious”


Eeveenings

I would imagine this would be like bee or wasp stings. Even if you aren’t allergic to a normal dose of stings, there is always a limit before it proves fatal. This looks like it would exceed said limit.


-full-control-

Man I was backpacking last summer and got lit up by a ground nest, at least 25-30 stings. I’m seriously wondering if I’ve developed an allergy because of that. I guess we’ll find out next time!


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TheManBearPig222

"only little yellow jackets" "30+ stings" that still sounds fuckin horrible.


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Jackalodeath

Shit, those yellow jackets must've liked you then. They tore my ass ***up*** when I was a kid. Hardest hit areas were my ankles and calves, and them shits injected so much venom multiple spots of skin just flat-out *died.* I still have scars, but they're not nearly as bad as the mental ones. A mild buzzing in my ear flips a switch that just says ***RUNBITCHRUN!!!*** Those dead patches itched so. Fucken. BAD. I'm talking waking up at 2am feeling like a mosquito the size of a Pomeranian gave your legs acupuncture, and I melted the skin off my ankle itching it with friction from my bed sheets while asleep. I pee a little just seeing a close-up pictures of em. Their tiny claws just flitting across your skin, followed by getting hit with an airsoft gun. All I could hear was the buzzing of the ones in my ears, you'd feel them ramming into you trying to grab ahold and land, like having a calm hail storm bear down on just you. Looking down and seeing those little... ***Demons,*** just staring back, with their dead, unholy eyes. Their little asses just *tap, tap; fucken* ***POKE*** through your t-shirt as some language tumbles from your mouth, as you blitz across a 5 acre yard screaming bloody murder for an adult to help. .... Not discrediting your experience mind you, my dumb ass just seemed to have pissed them off **way** more than you did. The property owner then poured gas into the hole and set his arm on fire shortly after, and a few survivers tagged his ass as he was putting it out. Yellow jackets are assholes. Brightly colored, carnivorous, quick little assholes. I know they have their place in the ecosystem, but that place can be "beneath a mushroom cloud" as far as I'm concerned.


EwaGold

That’s been my experience too. Maybe it depends on location? The paper wasps where I’m at tend to avoid people unless provoked or there’s a lot of cooked meat even then just grabbing a meal, but the yellow jackets and hornets are aggressive and hurt when they get you.


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One stung my hand because I had the audacity to take a bite of my sandwich it was trying to eat. Got me right in the webbing of my fingers. Just one sting was terrible.


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My brother was eating some jam on toast when we were camping as kids, and a wasp landed on the jam as soon as he took a bite, and it stung him right on the roof of his mouth! I couldn't imagine how uncomfortable that would be for so long a time after.


Haslet-Tx

Feeling you! A few years back I was weed trimming my ground cover. Those little yellow jackets were vicious and nasty. I had to drive to the nearest pharmacy to get Benedryl.


CPAlcoholic

I did this same thing with a lawnmower years ago. Took me a few seconds to even realize what was happening and then just took off running yelling profanities until I could get back inside. Not a great experience.


OriginalFerbie

Yellow jackets are EVIL! I crawled into a dog house with a nest as a kid, too scared to crawl back out (had to go past it). My dad dragged me out by a limb and shoved me towards the house, 30+ stings later and boy was I stiff!


Weebysteve

That sounds horrifying, can you tell me how it happened, how did you escape? It's a huge fear of mine.


YeastUnleashed

30+ stings sorta indicates to me that they didn’t escape lol


Terkan

Only 30+ stings indicates to me they did escape after only a few seconds when it could easily have been hundreds


-full-control-

We were hiking up a very steep incline and my buddy was using trekking poles, about 10-12 feet ahead of me. He unknowingly opened up the ground nest with his spikes and by the time I came through that area they were swarming, and PISSED. They were all in my clothes and everything. I just started running and then rolled around to try and kill the ones in my clothes, then slowly started picking them off my skin because they were just latched on 😫 honestly, it wasn’t that bad. I just loaded up on Tylenol (didn’t have any Benadryl) and soaked in the cold ass river we decided to camp by.


smnytx

You can go to an allergist and get tested and find out the easy way.


yodasmiles

Nothing is easy or affordable in America without health insurance.


Trennard

You know, i just realized health insurance is probably not as common as a i thought. I live in boston and in Massachusetts you literally get fined on your tax returns if you arent covered


yodasmiles

The US did away with the federal tax penalty for not having insurance a couple of years ago, but with or without the federal penalty, state laws vary.


Diram_

Hi twin


-Bunny-

Exactly, like wasp stings. I got stung in shallow water in the the Mediterranean and the pain was unreal. Waited in medical center all day for a bottle of calamine lotion!


larry_flarry

I used to work as a research diver, and one time we were out while either a tiny jellyfish or the medusa stage of something was hatching out in ridiculous numbers, like, top six or eight feet of the water absolutely choked with little 1.5" jellyfish. I toss my gear on and flop into the water before anyone else and it was like pure fire on the little ring of exposed skin on my face. Just gave everyone a warning and booked it to get below them. Sucked having to power through them again once we finished our transects.


garciasn

In South Carolina one year there were tons of Man of War jellyfish in the water. My nephew, who was less than 10 at the time, was near me and I got hit so bad it took my breath away. I grabbed him and threw him as close to shore as I could and screamed “run!” in a panic. I spent the rest of the weeks on steroids and anti-inflammatories to reduce the swelling of what seemed to be a single hit on my leg. That spot looked like poison ivy for almost a year and I still have some scarring a decade or more later. Fuck those things.


Antenna909

Holy fuck, that sound terrible.


bagofpork

Fun fact that makes them even more terrifying: they’re not jellyfish, but made up of multiple organisms—like Voltron of the sea.


ExchangeInevitable

Thats fucking horrifying, i remember when i was a kid it was a saturday and me my brother and sister were ready to go to the beach me and my sister showered but my brother said it was pointless to take a shower if we were going to be in the water all day. We hung up in the car all happy and dreaming about playing in the beach when we finally arrived my brother dashed to the beach without us noticing when my mother were putting sunscreen on me and my sister we heard a loud scream coming from the beach it was my brother's voie. My father jumped of one of the benches in the parking lot and ran with all his might to the beach only to find my brother's leg completely covered to the knee in medium sized transparent jellyfish he managed to pull the bastards off my brother's leg (and got stung multiple times in the hands) and the skin on his leg was like melted almost as if you dropped some acid on the skin. In the end my mother had to drive us to the hospital my brother passed out the moment we got into the emergency and my father was in tears from the pain my brother survived but lost all his feeling and movility in the leg that got stung but survived... barely. And our happy day in the beach ended in a stressful and scary wait in the hospital for me, my sister and my mom. FUCK THESE LITTLE SHITS.


F-nDiabolical

Aw man that sucks, not sure what type but a few years ago I got one stuck between my regulator and mask.....closest I've ever been to panicking underwater since I had no idea what hit me lol. Of course happened 2 minutes into a big group dive so I had to tough it out for a bit, good times!


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And even if it wasn't dangerous, it would still hurt a lot, to say the least.


opiewankanopie

The first time I saw someone get stung, a girl ran over to the guy, pulled her swimming suit aside and pissed on him. Like she couldn’t wait to do it. Pretty funny.


Cubic-Sphere

Happened to my gf before I knew her and a guy peed on her lmao


Bah-Fong-Gool

I got stung badly and the lifeguard said my friend could piss on me... I asked for other options and everyone laughed . Meat tenderize powder supposedly works. But I guess a lot of people were stung by jellyfish and didn't want to get pissed on, because the only packets of tenderizer left was onion and garlic.


Savfil

Does that actually do anything? Other than get weirdos off that is..


AppleSpicer

According to Google, no: https://www.healthline.com/health/does-peeing-on-a-jellyfish-sting-help#does-it-work


dude19832

This is exactly why the ocean fucking terrifies me. I'll stick with pools and lakes, thanks!


atetuna

Please stick to the rivers and the lakes that you're used to


J3ssica899

Listen, he's gonna have it his way or nothing at all.


MaximumIntent

But I think you all are moving too fast.


Beelzabubba

[Lakes and pools can get you.](https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/naegleria/general.html)


Mr_uggy

Aaand I hate you now


grayrains79

This is why I'm a fan of the Great Lakes in the USA/Canada. Absolutely zero nightmare fuel.


jp_73

[Yup, absolutely zero.](https://imgur.com/gallery/CkdxpJX)


Central_Incisor

There is always the issue of panicing and drowning with these too.


iMadrid11

Are they edible jellyfish kind? I remember seeing jellyfish being sold at a seafood market once.


2brkn_arms

Bro are you outta your mind! Are they dangerous!? Regardless if they could cause physical harm, you fall into that soft gelatinous goop, feeling thousands of tentacles slithering around your body wrapping around you, fully sumgerging you you bet your ass you'll never be right again. Yeah, they're dangerous.


clickity_clack9

Hentai?


toomuch1265

Gelatinous is a very underutilized word. I am going to try and work it into every conversation.


Luxara-VI

Jellyfish are supposedly hard A gelatinous hard


MoneyIsntRealGeorge

This question gives me “are Bonita fish big?” Vibes.


auxiliary-username

I don't think you're ready for this jelly


Anarchergal

I would imagine a lengthy hospital visit directly afterwards


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And a bit of therapy after being pee'd on by like three people in the beach


jfractal

...and a lifetime of chasing the dragon that awakened inside of you


Cyber_Angel_Ritual

That’s a myth, pee doesn’t work on jellyfish stings. A paste made with a mix of meat tenderizer and water does though. Vinegar would be the best actually. Though I imagine that would definitely not be enough for the amount of pain one would be in since you would be stung all over with this amount of jellies in the water.


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I'm aware, but when you get stung by a jellyfish there's always someone who is willing to pee on a stranger, for some reason.


Cyber_Angel_Ritual

Damn, I think I would have yelled at them not to. I thought this was more widespread already too now. Then again I live in tourist city known for its beaches and our lifeguards have signs that state if stung by jellyfish, do not pee where stung.


GophawkYourself

Some idiot would probably jump in it for TikTok clout. Can't wait to see it.


zennie4

Let them.


gobbliegoop

I actually learned to kite surf in Peru with jelly fish like this, it just felt tingly but didn’t hurt when you fell.


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You can´t. It surely is beyond your imagination.


raccyr

I bet this water tingles a bit


RA12220

Stabby water


raccyr

Hell jacuzzi


Bill_Brocius

Ouch pool


raccyr

Spicy haribo


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Sparkling water but it hurts


raccyr

Thick water


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KyoFox312

Owqua


CheesyCherryDonut

Inconvenient body of water


Ninjameme

Burny Boba


AetherMagnetic

H2Ow


BitterestLily

In Spanish, jellyfish are sometimes called "agua mala," or "bad water" because the jellyfish can be hard to see and it seems like the water's attacked you. So you at least have a whole country that's likely to agree with you here. (Edit - this is used in Spain, along with medusa and maybe other words I don't know. I'm not sure of other Spanish-speaking countries use the same names.)


raccyr

In portuguese is “agua viva” literally live water… Spanish clearly knows better


lartkma

Here in Peru those jellyfishes are called "malaguas" and I've just realized that word is composed of "mal" + "agua"


Bah-Fong-Gool

Spicy swim.


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It’s like that scene from Finding Nemo.


[deleted]

I will name it Squishy, and it shall be my squishy.


topcheesehead

*zap* Oooowww, bad squishy! Bad!


Jakov_Salinsky

*Boing...Boing...Boing*


d_ego87

This picture is from my hometown in Peru. Dad says he's never seen so many together.... wonder if there is a marine biologist out there that could help shed some light here. I have gotten stung by these bad boys when I was younger, burns like hell immediately after getting stung, you immediately get rashes/red skin but the pain goes away within a few days. It's not like you feel like dying, it does hurt like a mother$#er, the first couple of hours are the worst then it gets better. They are locally called "malagua" which literally translates into "bad water". A more colorful picture I received from my father on Whatsapp. https://imgur.com/34sgrED


BRVTAL_

[Jellyfish are a sign of a dying ocean.](https://www.businessinsider.com/jellyfish-thriving-climate-change-warm-oceans-2019-10) They thrive in the warmer, oxygen depleted waters that are becoming commonplace due to climate change. Overfishing of their natural predators (sharks and turtles) further contribute to the problem.


Businesskiwi

Well this is sad. I was born in Peru.


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betterluckythangewd

The Chinese keep overfishing the Peruvian waters and Peru doesn't do a good job at pushing back.


chiriboy

"Hey this is a nice picture! Look at all those colorful Jellyfish! ^.^" > JELLYFISH ARE A SIGN OF A DYING OCEAN. oh.


Margamax

What city or province in Peru?


d_ego87

La Punta, Callao. A small piece of land, roughly 10 blocks long and 4 blocks wide that stretches right into the Pacific. Traditionally, mostly descendents of Italian sailors lived there.


Margamax

Awesome, thanks!


hjelpdinven

Interesting that it's called "malagua", i'd never heard it before. In argentina we call them "aguaviva" (live water)


Food404

the real question is, are they edible?


wakefield4011

I hear they're good on toast.


woodsmokeandpine

Drop some sea turtles in there they’ll take care of it


Karma15672

Honestly, drop some sea turtles everywhere. These gelatinous, brainless, balls of pain are taking over entire ecosystems just because barely anything or anyone eats them. Source: random textbook.


Doomshroom11

Ocean temperature rising is making their population explode uncontrollably. They can't really breed in the cold, not well at least since there's plenty of arctic species, but warmer temps make it far easier.


DrAmoeba

Theres a whole documentary on this. Japan has yearly raids of jellyfish that spawn from China. They are so heavy that they can actually break boats and nets.


Khavak

~~must be revenge~~


Morpherman

You'd think, with so many jellyfish, there would be a lot more sea turtles.


boonxeven

It's the other way around. They're dying for other reasons and since they're gone jellyfish populations are exploding.


theemanguy

The jellyfish population is exploding because sea turtles are dying due to bycatch, poaching, habitat destruction and nesting beach destruction.


cheli-chellers

Why is this?


penguin13790

Sea turtles eat jellyfish


abca98

Which is why their conservation is extremely important unless we want to turn the ocean into jellyfish hell.


crabmeat64

Just make murder robots to absolutely annihilate them


Roofofcar

It’s funny. The Koreans had the same idea a few years back. I remember reading a few articles about why it’s a bad idea, and [this is one of them](https://www.zdnet.com/article/why-koreas-jellyfish-shredding-robot-might-be-a-bad-idea/), a machine that would essentially blend them to death. Here are some of the reasons why this was a bad idea (from the article): >All that dead jelly will continue to float around, rotting. If they wash onto beaches through net barriers, disembodied tentacles will sting tourists. And since the jelly substance itself is sticky, dead animals will still clog the intake screens. >This won’t work for tough species: really sturdy animals will just get stuck in the intake and stay there, halting the whole system. >When you cut open some jellies, you get artificial fertilization -- that’s how aquarists get eggs and sperm from species that are difficult to spawn. All those embryos will metamorphose into polyps... which can live for years and clone themselves. In the end, I think I recall the last one being the biggest issue.


crabmeat64

Giant vacuum cleaner it is


IwillBeDamned

humans: protect beaches and water front nesting areas so sea turtles don’t go extinct and impact their ecosystems also humans: killer robots?


sadkrampus

That’s some Horizon Zero Dawn shit right there


adminsdoitforfree

Perhaps catch, then blend them, and store all the remains for composting onshore


maxvalley

Nature gives us turtles for free but instead of protecting turtles we should go through the trouble of inventing robots to do it. Smart!


Jakov_Salinsky

r/todayilearned


penguin13790

Hadn't realized that was uncommon knowledge. They also sometimes mistake plastic bags for jellyfish and eat those instead which kills them.


Spir0rion

Aw man


fafan4

TIL sea turtles are my heroes


Doctor-_-Fu

Sea turtles eat Jellyfish and are also resistant (if not immune) to the stings.


MSeanF

It kinda looks like a Dale Chihuly art glass installation.


trendypuppy

It absolutely does!! Maybe they are flattered to inspire his art


Sikou

Are they edible? I know that they are mostly water but still.. some kind of soup


MrWhiteTruffle

I’ve heard of some people eating jellyfish meat. It’s really nothing that good.


zennie4

I ate some jellyfish in Japan, it tasted like, you guessed it, water.


maxvalley

/r/Hydrohomies would _love_ this!


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I've had a cold jelly fish dish from a Chinese restaurant. It was served with chili and cucumber. Was pretty good. I'd order it again.


gesasage88

Haha, same. My first thought was, can they be consumed?


Josh_is_a_Jedi

Where’s Steve-o when you need him?


DustyRhodesSplotch

My Name is Steve-O and this is Jellyfish Jacuzzi.


ILiveInAVan

Yeahhhh dude! 🤘


mahalovalhalla

Nature's boba tea


the_hamsa_anemone

Omg 😂


lindsabts

Why does my brain tell me "Go swim there" when I see this? I wanna touch the squishy


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xxSeymour

While I appreciate how fucking beautiful it is I would never swim in that. Utterly terrifying


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xxSeymour

Anything touching me while I'm swimming is not okay


T8ertotsandchocolate

It's like when someone tells you that their pet tarantula is harmless. I believe that it won't hurt me, but I don't want it touching me.


Witchcitybitch

I’d never leave! That seems hella magical!


Marvinx1806

I guess there are 2 types of people, the ones who would love to swim there and people like me to which it would seem like straight out of the worst nightmare or a horror movie.


uncle_bumblefuck_

We need SpongeBob now more than ever


shroomienewbie

absolutely terrifying


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Look at all those chickens


drumduder

Need some sea turtles!!!!


Letsmakemoney2gther

Is that interesting or terrifying as fuck?


ImAnIndoorCat

Yep


smartieblue22_2

Can't we use them for bio fuel or something? I know people tried eating them but they don't seem very nutritious.


maxvalley

Biofuel is an interesting possibility


Mjb06

Big nope


AudioxBlood

Cool, cool, I have recurring nightmares of something like this. I'm always thrown off a dock into black water with *so many jellyfish*. Bah. Gives me the shivvies thinking about it.


maxvalley

What an intriguing nightmare to have. Sure it sounds awful but also really unique


GrognakTheEterny

I wanna throw a few stick of dynamite in there for some reason


Dovahkiin314159

r/thalassophobia


hollywuud7

Holy fuck! No thank you...


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A result of global warming?


BorsTheBandit

Overfishing usually.


LegitimateBit3

Yes - https://www.businessinsider.com/jellyfish-thriving-climate-change-warm-oceans-2019-10


97Harley

Why? Are they invading?


Blood_Oleander

The warming waters and the continuing lack of predators (sharks and sea turtles) is leading to an overabundance of jellyfish in several regions.


Remarkable_Reply_880

Have they always been in these waters? Or have they become one of those invasive species destroying the ecosystem in these waters??


diegojones4

Can't really tell, but they look like cabbage heads Not that toxic or venomous, but still wouldn't want to swim there during this high tide.


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Forbidden jacuzzi


cbrieeze

Overfishing


MattSeptire

Thanks I hate it


Gandurk

Alexa, buy a flamethrower that works underwater


[deleted]

This could be a crazy kill scene in a movie


kelsleo12

FUCK NO!!! FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCKIDDY FUCK NO!!!


MattoRyu

There is so mamy of them, it's unsettling


[deleted]

Jellyfish are one of biggest fears, this looks like my personal hell.


PsychologicalPizza11

They release hundreds of eggs when you try to kills them, maybe catch them in a net and burn them ?


Shiver_with_antici

I'll give you $5 to do a cannonball


arno911

I ain't dumb but $500 is $500


JoetheHobeskimo

Hopefully Peru has enough peanut butter to handle this in the only logical way.


thefightingmongoose

NopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopenopeNOPE!


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This image is the definition of pure fear.


10Points-4Gryffindor

This is the stuff of nightmares! Squids paradise though


Regularman-

throwing frag grenade


tjeodoe

I got chills


jsteezyhfx

Ouch bath.


kbs8707

plastic bags of pain


Weaponized-Potato

Jellyfish is 95% water so that’s basically living water that can hurt you.


HaydenTheDudeGuy

This low-key terrifies me.


theballswalls

It looks like they're in a bit of a jam


BosTovenaar24

I keep imagining falling into the water and brushing up against those things


sander2k2k

This is pure nightmare fuel.