Stranger things

[Nungali]

 

[Taomeow]

Know these?  I saw them for the first time last year washed onto all of our beaches -- thousands of them.   As the summer progressed, they dried up and became indistinguishable from pieces of plastic littering the shore -- except unlike plastic, they eventually disintegrate with no harm to the environment.

And now they're back.  Some people claim they sting.  I try not to step on them so I'm not sure it's true.    

 

[Sanity Check]

57 minutes ago, Taomeow said:

Know these?  I saw them for the first time last year washed onto all of our beaches -- thousands of them.   As the summer progressed, they dried up and became indistinguishable from pieces of plastic littering the shore -- except unlike plastic, they eventually disintegrate with no harm to the environment.

And now they're back.  Some people claim they sting.  I try not to step on them so I'm not sure it's true.    

 

 

 

Resembles portuguese man o war.

 

The sting is not as bad as jellyfish.

 

Some advise peeing on the wound but its more like a inside joke / running gag than sound advice.

[Nungali]

5 hours ago, Taomeow said:

Know these?  I saw them for the first time last year washed onto all of our beaches -- thousands of them.   As the summer progressed, they dried up and became indistinguishable from pieces of plastic littering the shore -- except unlike plastic, they eventually disintegrate with no harm to the environment.

And now they're back.  Some people claim they sting.  I try not to step on them so I'm not sure it's true.    

 

 

To me they fill the memories of a childhood day at the beach !     Zinc cream , hot chips  and .........   ' blue bottles ! '   

[Nungali]

Hmmmm ..... close examination ; " If there are this many on the beach, maybe they have all blown in ?"   <scans the ocean >   "I don't think there are too many over that way ." .....