Jellyfishes very ancient creations, they live on Earth already more than 650 million years. These surprising animals appeared to dinosaurs and sharks. Some species of jellyfishes can live also in fresh water. Usually, besides what these beings painfully sting, people know nothing about them.
At the edges of a body of a jellyfish, tentacles with cages which contain capsules of the poison causing burns are located. Tiny "garpunchik" will paralyze small production. Jellyfishes watch for small fishes and other inhabitants of the seas, people too often become the victims of toxin. But not all these animals are poisonous. "Burning" jellyfishes prevail in the Atlantic Ocean at coast of the USA.
Generally animals are active in the summer and in the fall. Even the jellyfish who was cast ashore recently is dangerous, tentacles its wet so far. There are several species of jellyfishes which are capable to kill with the poison the person, for example, a sea wasp who lives in coastal waters of Australia. Every year this animal collects gloomy "harvest" - about 60 people perish from its touches. Its toxin is more dangerous than cobra poison. If you were stung by an ordinary burning jellyfish, it is necessary to remove with something her from itself and to rinse a wounded surface with sea water. It is desirable to wipe area of defeat with food vinegar, it neutralizes action of a sting which remained under skin, it will not be able to emit poison more. Then it is necessary to grease the damaged site with shaving cream when means dries, "garpunchik" of a jellyfish will remain in it. Scratch out cream. After these actions the pain has to cease in an hour. If it does not occur, see a doctor. Except morbidity in the "stung" sites nothing threatens the healthy person. It is worse if allergic reaction develops. There can be anaphylactic shock, and it is already very dangerous, it will be impossible to do without medical care. Not to allow unpleasant meetings with poisonous jellyfishes, attentively you look around. Ask locals or "old" vacationers, about safe places for bathing. Scientists investigate burning jellyfishes, look for antidote from deadly touch of a sea wasp. But for today there is no such medicine therefore, being on vacation, be extremely careful.