Uh oh, hope these bad boys stay away! http://www.delawareonline.com/story...ee-tropical-stinging-man-owar-found/29788355/
Nah, they said 3 is nothing to worry about. It's when it hits 300 its time to worry, like your beach. LOL
Not exactly my beach but there's more like 3,000 in that pic. I hate them fockers. When they're around I'm always concerned I'll dive through a wave and surface with one plastered across my face. A friend got it good earlier this year. Got the testicles wrapped around one foote. Tried to get it off and ended up getting the other foote and both hands. Swelled up like a blow fish. Good thing he was in a full suite.
Didn't we JUST have this thread a few months back? [video=youtube_share;00QEYNF78ew]http://youtu.be/00QEYNF78ew[/video]
Valhallalla, yeah, that would suck! Towelie, if we did, my bad! But, this is fresh news for ol Delmarva
My wife makes me a papaya infused vinegar that I keep in my backpack. It works good if you get it on the area affected by the stinging testicles of the man o wars.
Got it on the wrist and hand once last summer, not the end of the world but annoying for sure. I should do like sisurfdog and keep some vinegar but I always forget
I got hit one time when I was a wee lad....the focker hit me on the inside thigh area, thought my nads were going to drop off, son, worst feeling I've ever had, couldn't walk for hours and just rolled in pain. Looked like someone threw red hot spaghetti that burned the inside of my leg.....40 years ago and still feel the pain.
Didn't shart snoofer get popped in his grille with one of these venomous critters just prior to making his now-infamous balaclava ISIS video...?
I got hit by one of these peaces of chit when I was 16, it sucks! I threw up on the beach for 20 minutes then had to rush home and take a bath with meat tenderizer to stop the stinging. I wish this on no one!!!!
Old ancient Chinese secret...lol....seems to stop the stinging sensation...idk, that's what I've always been told to do by my father and he was an old salty dog, seems to work good though.
1. Pick off any visible tentacles with a gloved hand, stick, or anything handy, being careful to avoid further injury. 2. Rinse the area liberally with seawater or fresh water to remove any tentacles stuck to the skin. This can be from a spray bottle or in a beach shower. Do not apply vinegar. A study shows that vinegar in these stings sometimes makes the sting worse. 3. Apply ice for pain control. 4. Irrigate exposed eyes with copious amounts of room temperature tap water for at least 15 minutes. If vision blurs, or the eyes continue to tear, hurt, swell, or are light sensitive after irrigating, see a doctor. 5. For persistent itching or skin rash, try 1 percent hydrocortisone ointment four times a day, and one or two 25 milligram diphenhydramine (Benadryl) tablets every 6 hours. These drugs are sold without prescription. Diphenhydramine may cause drowsiness. Don't drive, swim or surf after taking any medications. Although formerly considered effective, vinegar is no longer recommended for Portuguese man-of-war stings. In a laboratory experiment, vinegar dousing caused discharge of nematocysts from the larger (P. physalis) man-of-war species. The effect of vinegar on the nematocysts of the smaller species (which has less severe stings) is mixed: vinegar inhibited some, discharged others. No studies support applying heat to Portuguese man-of-war stings. Studies on the effectiveness of meat tenderizer, baking soda, papain, or commercial sprays (containing aluminum sulfate and detergents) on nematocyst stings have been contradictory. It's possible these substances cause further damage. In one U.S. Portuguese man-of-war fatality, lifeguards sprayed papain solution immediately on the victim's sting. Within minutes, the woman was comatose, and later died. Alcohol and human urine may be harmful on Portuguese man-of-war stings. An Australian study reports that both alcohol and urine caused massive nematocyst discharge in the box jellyfish, Chironex fleckeri.
Yeah man , a local saw me yakking all over the beach and told me what to do. It was in Boca Raton. I had to take a full bath cuz the tracks were all over me.
