In recent times, Australia has suffered a serious wildfire disaster, and then the heavy precipitation, although it extinguished the wildfire, caused flooding, which can be described as a disaster. As a result, there were media reports that the beaches of Queensland, Australia, were invaded by a large number of poisonous jellyfish, and these jellyfish melted like ice cream after being exposed to the hot sun, causing great panic to the local people.
According to the British "Daily Mail" reported on February 16, a large number of jellyfish were washed ashore by the tide on Wangari Beach in northern Queensland, Australia. Because the southern hemisphere is in the middle of summer, the temperature can reach 35 to 36 degrees Celsius, and these jellyfish have melted again after the scorching sun, and it looks like a large beach of ice cream.
According to media reports, the largest of these jellyfish can be 60 cm long, and the local authorities remind tourists near the beach, especially those who swim in the sea, to pay attention, because these jellyfish have poisonous spikes on their bodies, and once they are stung, it will be very painful.
Kling Bell, who runs a local tourism company, said in an interview with the Australian media outlet Cairns Post: "These jellyfish usually rush to the beach with the tide at high tide, and after the hot sun, it looks like melted ice cream. Klin Bell said he had never seen such a scene in his life.
According to media reports, although these jellyfish do not cause fatal damage to humans like highly toxic box jellyfish, the poisonous spikes on their bodies will also cause severe pain if they sting the human skin, and even cause rashes and muscle spasms. According to local Australian media, a large number of such jellyfish have appeared on several beaches north of Queensland in the past few weeks. Late last month, four other Australians were stung by the fatal Irukonji jellyfish. A woman was rushed to the hospital for treatment after being stung by a jellyfish in Port Douglas. Many other children were also stung by poisonous jellyfish while playing on the beach and were taken to the hospital for treatment.
Jay March, a surf lifeguard in Queensland's Cairns region, called on everyone not to swim at this time, jay March said in an interview: "It is very unsafe to open the beach at this time, and there have been many incidents of people swimming in the water being stung by jellyfish. ”