Summer of the ..... JELLYFISH!!!

[underpants]

CNN) -- Hundreds of people trying to enjoy the Memorial Day weekend on Atlantic beaches in central Florida encountered an unwelcome surprise: swarms of purplish, stinging jellyfish.

More than 800 people at beaches from Cocoa Beach to Cape Canaveral have been stung, Brevard County Ocean Rescue officials said.

"Saturday, we got about 200 reports. Sunday, we got another 250," he said.

"We have that solution there at all times, but we knew that we were going to have a lot of people out here this weekend," Witcher said. "These jellyfish are not a major threat, but they are annoying."

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/05/30/florida.jellyfish/index.html?hpt=Sbin

[Liberal_in_LA]

1. well..they are cool to look at. amazing creatures

[ergot]

2. We used to get nailed by those little stinging bastards all the time around Tampa

they hurt like hell but they don't do much real damage...

[sakabatou]

3. At least they're not the deadly kind

[ergot]

5. Aren't those only found in the south Pacific?

I know they're a problem in northern Australia...:scared:

[kestrel91316]

4. I was at Delray Beach this past weekend and didn't see any, FWIW.