According to the British "Mirror" reported on September 8, recently, a British man stumbled upon the world's largest jellyfish - lion's mane jellyfish while diving.
Darren Martin, 59, is an experienced diver when he was taking photos diving in the North Sea in Brown Bay, England, when he suddenly spotted this huge marine creature. Martin speculates that the lion's mane jellyfish may be more than 1.98 meters long. "I've come across this jellyfish in a lot of places, but usually they're much smaller. The jellyfish has a cream-colored appearance, a rounded top and long tendrils that look like threads of filament hanging from a dome. Martin said.
In Martin's photo, another diver can be seen swimming with the "behemoth", but his lower body is obscured by the huge body of the jellyfish.
Lion-maned jellyfish are the largest jellyfish in the world, sometimes growing larger than blue whales, most of which are orange, red or purple. Lion-maned jellyfish have hundreds of slender tentacles, up to 1200, which makes it look like a ghost. It grows mainly in colder seas, which may explain why it is found in the North Sea.
Lion-maned jellyfish are beautiful in appearance, but fierce in temperament. In 2010, 150 people were stung by lion-maned jellyfish in New Hampshire, USA.
A study at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden described the intensity of the sting of lion-maned jellyfish as "pain that lasts for hours or days." This stinging is not fatal, but it can cause symptoms such as sweating, cramps, nausea, and impaired consciousness. (Compiled and reported by China Youth Network)
Source: China Youth Network