Is the jellyfish on the seashore in Yantai really toxic? Most are non-toxic

Jiaodong Online, August 5 (correspondent Du Na) In the past few days, many citizens have reported that a large number of jellyfish have appeared in the first and second bathing beaches in Yantai. In this regard, some institutions remind the public to stay away from these jellyfish, seemingly gentle jellyfish are actually poisonous, stung by jellyfish, light skin allergies, heavy to cause death, citizens and tourists should be cautious. Are the jellyfish that appear in the bathing beaches in the city really toxic?

In this regard, in the past few days, the Yantai Marine Environment Monitoring and Forecasting Center has organized personnel to conduct emergency monitoring of the Yantai University Beach, the Yellow Sea Amusement City Beach, and the First and Second Bathing Beaches in Yantai City.

After the monitoring and forecasting of the staff of Yantai Marine Environment Monitoring and Forecasting Center, it was found that the four bathing beaches such as the first and second beaches in Yantai City have sporadic distribution of jellyfish, the number is small, no jellyfish are found near the shore, and there is a distribution of jellyfish in the swimming area, and the distribution density is about 0.02-0.05 square meters. Recently, the water quality monitoring results of the city's beaches are normal.

The staff of Yantai Marine Environment Monitoring and Forecasting Center introduced to reporters, "After preliminary identification, the jellyfish that appears in the baths is the sea moon jellyfish, which is a typical drifting jellyfish, with a beautiful appearance and ornamentality." The body type is disc-shaped white and transparent, about 10-30 cm in diameter, 98% of the body is water, there are spiny cells on the mouth and wrist, most of them are non-toxic, the jellyfish has little effect on the human body, but people with sensitive skin may contact their tentacles and may cause rash symptoms. For the jellyfish that appear in the waters of our city, citizens and tourists do not have to worry too much. ”