Re: Another serious illness from Arkansas Rainbow gathering

When I was about ten I saw a boat come in w/ a snorkler who had swum
into one (or more). He was covered, an ambulance was waiting, he was
semi-conscious, I never heard of his death and assumed he pulled
thru. They are very efficient fishers. I beleive they also have
been shown to navigate (sail)(albeit awkwardly) w/ the ridge on their
back.

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On Aug 31, 2:38 pm, Ayin <-ammitus...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

when i was a preteen i was splashing around in the sea and brought my
hand right up under a whole man-of-war floating there. it stuck to my
hand and it's tenticles wrapped around down my arm, across my cheek,
neck, chest and belly and all around my legs to my ankles. i looked
like i had been whipped. talk about a screaming freak out. i
mean ... OWIE! the lifeguard had a bottle of ammonia so i didn't have
to pee on myself. but man! i got way sick from all the toxins so
missed a friend's b-day party. i carried the "whip" marks on my skin
for weeks. they're pretty creatures tho ... like delicate little
purple/blue/pink balloons.

never try to pick the tenticles off with your fingers. when you do
that the tenticles break off in pieces and get stuck to your
fingers.


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