Urgent holiday warning as huge stinging jellyfish the ‘size of dustbin lids’ wash up on UK shores
One woman warned: “Don’t be dipping your toes in when u go.”Periodically, seaside towns do get invaded by jellyfish although most are small and rarely cause any problems.They can grow up to 40cm in diameter, around the size of a dustbin lid which has given rise to their other name, dustbin-lid jellyfish.
The jellyfish have eight frilly arms which have small stinging tentacles and hundreds of little mouths. While the sting of the barrel jellyfish is not normally harmful to humans the advice from the Wildlife Trusts is not to handle it if found on the beach as they can still sting when dead.During May and June they move to warmer coastal waters in order to feed on plankton.The presence of the jellyfish in turn attracts predators such as the leatherback turtles, the world’s largest sea turtle.In September 1988, the world’s largest leatherback washed up at Harlech, Gwynedd.
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