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Deep sea creatures found by University of Queensland scientists near the Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 14 Jul 2010
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Scientists Shed Light On Strange Creatures Of The Deep
Looming out of the darkness thousands of feet below the surface of the sea, meet the incredible deep-sea fish discovered under the Great Barrier Reef.
These amazing pictures of previously undocumented marine life were taken by scientists from the University of Queensland's Brain Institute.
The weird and wonderful creatures were documented using remote-controlled equipment 1,400 metres down on the sea floor at the site of Osprey Reef, 220 miles North-East of Cairns in Australia.
Professor Justin Marshall, the marine biologist who led the mission, said: "As well as understanding life at the surface we need to plunge off the walls of Osprey to describe the deep-sea life that lives down to 2000m, beyond the reach of sunlight.
"We simply do not know what life is down there and our cameras can now record the behaviour and life in Australia's largest biosphere, the deep-sea."
Creatures discovered by the team include a small shrimp-like crustacean called an amphipod, "prehistoric" six gilled sharks, oil fish and some unknown species which are still being studied.
The deep-sea oddities were photographed using special low-light sensitive, custom designed remote controlled cameras, which sat on the sea floor over the course of 10 days.
Researchers from institute believe that studying marine life could help with research about humans.
For example, says Professor Marshall, understanding how nerve cells function was first pioneered through work on squid.
He added: "We are now returning to these original model systems, both for their own intrinsic interest and also to better understand brain disorders which lead to conditions such as epilepsy".
As such, the scientists believe that learning more about these creatures' primitive eyes and brain could help neuroscien...
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Deep sea creatures found by University of Queensland scientists near the Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 14 Jul 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Rex Features ( 1207849a )
Scientists Shed Light On Strange Creatures Of The Deep
Looming out of the darkness thousands of feet below the surface of the sea, meet the incredible deep-sea fish discovered under the Great Barrier Reef.
These amazing pictures of previously undocumented marine life were taken by scientists from the University of Queensland's Brain Institute.
The weird and wonderful creatures were documented using remote-controlled equipment 1,400 metres down on the sea floor at the site of Osprey Reef, 220 miles North-East of Cairns in Australia.
Professor Justin Marshall, the marine biologist who led the mission, said: "As well as understanding life at the surface we need to plunge off the walls of Osprey to describe the deep-sea life that lives down to 2000m, beyond the reach of sunlight.
"We simply do not know what life is down there and our cameras can now record the behaviour and life in Australia's largest biosphere, the deep-sea."
Creatures discovered by the team include a small shrimp-like crustacean called an amphipod, "prehistoric" six gilled sharks, oil fish and some unknown species which are still being studied.
The deep-sea oddities were photographed using special low-light sensitive, custom designed remote controlled cameras, which sat on the sea floor over the course of 10 days.
Researchers from institute believe that studying marine life could help with research about humans.
For example, says Professor Marshall, understanding how nerve cells function was first pioneered through work on squid.
He added: "We are now returning to these original model systems, both for their own intrinsic interest and also to better understand brain disorders which lead to conditions such as epilepsy".
As such, the scientists believe that learning more about these creatures' primitive eyes and brain could help neuroscien...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/EPQRCJIFI
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NEW ORLEANS: GULF OF MEXICO BP OIL SPILL DISASTER
05 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.
Friends of fishing guide William Bradford glide through a mix of oil and dispersant, 10 miles south of Venice Marina and approximately 34 miles from the site of the Deepwater Horizon's sunken oil platform. The sludge is a gelatinous mix with the consistency of diarrhea, sometimes clumped together in large masses so thick you can not see the ocean through it. The water, for miles and miles is filled with small pea shaped clumps, most the size of every kind of fish food available from small fish shape to shrimp to plankton. It is everywhere. The sheen on the surface is everywhere. It stretches for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles. Dead Jellyfish shrivel in the mix, the main seafood of turtles passing through at this time of year. Photo Credit: Charlie Varley/Sipa Press/1005061529 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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NEW ORLEANS: GULF OF MEXICO BP OIL SPILL DISASTER
05 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.
Gluiding through a mix of oil and dispersant, 10 miles south of Venice Marina and approximately 34 miles from the site of the Deepwater Horizon's sunken oil platform. The sludge is a gelatinous mix with the consistency of diarrhea, sometimes clumped together in large masses so thick you can not see the ocean through it. The water, for miles and miles is filled with small pea shaped clumps, most the size of every kind of fish food available from small fish shape to shrimp to plankton. It is everywhere. The sheen on the surface is everywhere. It stretches for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles. Dead Jellyfish shrivel in the mix, the main seafood of turtles passing through at this time of year. Photo Credit: Charlie Varley/Sipa Press/1005061529 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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NEW ORLEANS: GULF OF MEXICO BP OIL SPILL DISASTER
05 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.
Gliding through a mix of oil and dispersant, 10 miles south of Venice Marina and approximately 34 miles from the site of the Deepwater Horizon's sunken oil platform. The sludge is a gelatinous mix with the consistency of diarrhea, sometimes clumped together in large masses so thick you can not see the ocean through it. The water, for miles and miles is filled with small pea shaped clumps, most the size of every kind of fish food available from small fish shape to shrimp to plankton. It is everywhere. The sheen on the surface is everywhere. It stretches for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles. Dead Jellyfish shrivel in the mix, the main seafood of turtles passing through at this time of year. Photo Credit: Charlie Varley/Sipa Press/1005061531 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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NEW ORLEANS: GULF OF MEXICO BP OIL SPILL DISASTER
05 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.
Friends of fishing guide William Bradford glide through a mix of oil and dispersant, 10 miles south of Venice Marina and approximately 34 miles from the site of the Deepwater Horizon's sunken oil platform. The sludge is a gelatinous mix with the consistency of diarrhea, sometimes clumped together in large masses so thick you can not see the ocean through it. The water, for miles and miles is filled with small pea shaped clumps, most the size of every kind of fish food available from small fish shape to shrimp to plankton. It is everywhere. The sheen on the surface is everywhere. It stretches for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles. Dead Jellyfish shrivel in the mix, the main seafood of turtles passing through at this time of year. Photo Credit: Charlie Varley/Sipa Press/1005061529 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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NEW ORLEANS: GULF OF MEXICO BP OIL SPILL DISASTER
05 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.
Gliding through a mix of oil and dispersant, 10 miles south of Venice Marina and approximately 34 miles from the site of the Deepwater Horizon's sunken oil platform. The sludge is a gelatinous mix with the consistency of diarrhea, sometimes clumped together in large masses so thick you can not see the ocean through it. The water, for miles and miles is filled with small pea shaped clumps, most the size of every kind of fish food available from small fish shape to shrimp to plankton. It is everywhere. The sheen on the surface is everywhere. It stretches for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles. Dead Jellyfish shrivel in the mix, the main seafood of turtles passing through at this time of year. Photo Credit: Charlie Varley/Sipa Press/1005061531 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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NEW ORLEANS: GULF OF MEXICO BP OIL SPILL DISASTER
05 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.
Friends of fishing guide William Bradford glide through a mix of oil and dispersant, 10 miles south of Venice Marina and approximately 34 miles from the site of the Deepwater Horizon's sunken oil platform. The sludge is a gelatinous mix with the consistency of diarrhea, sometimes clumped together in large masses so thick you can not see the ocean through it. The water, for miles and miles is filled with small pea shaped clumps, most the size of every kind of fish food available from small fish shape to shrimp to plankton. It is everywhere. The sheen on the surface is everywhere. It stretches for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles. Dead Jellyfish shrivel in the mix, the main seafood of turtles passing through at this time of year. Photo Credit: Charlie Varley/Sipa Press/1005061529 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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NEW ORLEANS: GULF OF MEXICO BP OIL SPILL DISASTER
05 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.
Fishing guide William Bradford picks up sludge as he glides through a mix of oil and dispersant, 10 miles south of Venice Marina and approximately 34 miles from the site of the Deepwater Horizon's sunken oil platform. The sludge is a gelatinous mix with the consistency of diarrhea, sometimes clumped together in large masses so thick you can not see the ocean through it. The water, for miles and miles is filled with small pea shaped clumps, most the size of every kind of fish food available from small fish shape to shrimp to plankton. It is everywhere. The sheen on the surface is everywhere. It stretches for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles. Dead Jellyfish shrivel in the mix, the main seafood of turtles passing through at this time of year. Photo Credit: Charlie Varley/Sipa Press/1005061531 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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NEW ORLEANS: GULF OF MEXICO BP OIL SPILL DISASTER
05 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.
Fishing guide William Bradford picks up sludge as he glides through a mix of oil and dispersant, 10 miles south of Venice Marina and approximately 34 miles from the site of the Deepwater Horizon's sunken oil platform. The sludge is a gelatinous mix with the consistency of diarrhea, sometimes clumped together in large masses so thick you can not see the ocean through it. The water, for miles and miles is filled with small pea shaped clumps, most the size of every kind of fish food available from small fish shape to shrimp to plankton. It is everywhere. The sheen on the surface is everywhere. It stretches for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles. Dead Jellyfish shrivel in the mix, the main seafood of turtles passing through at this time of year. Photo Credit: Charlie Varley/Sipa Press/1005061521 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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NEW ORLEANS: GULF OF MEXICO BP OIL SPILL DISASTER
05 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.
Friends of fishing guide William Bradford glide through a mix of oil and dispersant, 10 miles south of Venice Marina and approximately 34 miles from the site of the Deepwater Horizon's sunken oil platform. The sludge is a gelatinous mix with the consistency of diarrhea, sometimes clumped together in large masses so thick you can not see the ocean through it. The water, for miles and miles is filled with small pea shaped clumps, most the size of every kind of fish food available from small fish shape to shrimp to plankton. It is everywhere. The sheen on the surface is everywhere. It stretches for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles. Dead Jellyfish shrivel in the mix, the main seafood of turtles passing through at this time of year. Photo Credit: Charlie Varley/Sipa Press/1005061529 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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LA: NASCAR'S LEILANI MUNTER TOURS BP OIL SPILL
05 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.
Gluiding through a mix of oil and dispersant, 10 miles south of Venice Marina and approximately 34 miles from the site of the Deepwater Horizon's sunken oil platform. The sludge is a gelatinous mix with the consistency of diarrhea, sometimes clumped together in large masses so thick you can not see the ocean through it. The water, for miles and miles is filled with small pea shaped clumps, most the size of every kind of fish food available from small fish shape to shrimp to plankton. It is everywhere. The sheen on the surface is everywhere. It stretches for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles. Dead Jellyfish shrivel in the mix, the main seafood of turtles passing through at this time of year. Photo Credit: Charlie Varley / Sipa Press/1005061547 (FOTO: DUKAS/SIPA)
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Jellyfish crop circle in a field of barley, Kingstone Coombes, Oxfordshire, Britain - Jun 2009
Mandatory Credit: Photo by M & Y Agency Ltd / Rex Features ( 938659c )
600ft jellyfish crop circle in a field of barley
From Under The Sea To Over The Land
FROM UNDER THE SEA TO OVER THE LAND
If these pictures make you feel a little jelly-legged with the prospect of aliens shaped like underwater monsters leaving us messages from the skies, fear not: it's just the latest ingenious creation by one of those mischievous and mystical crop circle hoaxers - or is it..?
At 600ft long, enough to nearly cross the barley field it has been etched into, this field phenomenon is three times the size of your usual, everyday crop circle.
According to locals and the farmer who owns the field, it sprang up overnight and out of nowhere - well, that is generally the case with these amazing artworks.
It appeared last week in a field in Kingstone Coombes in Oxfordshire and makes a change from typical crop circle designs which often involve complex patterns of mathematical and geometrical symmetry or that reflect ancient Celtic runes and symbols.
Conspiracy theorists originally believed them to be the creations of UFOS, but they were soon debunked as hoaxes, albeit very clever and creative ones, almost entirely achieved over the course of a starry, cider-fuelled night by two men, a rope, a plank, a broad imagination and a lack of anything better to doÖ
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Jellyfish crop circle in a field of barley, Kingstone Coombes, Oxfordshire, Britain - Jun 2009
Mandatory Credit: Photo by M & Y Agency Ltd / Rex Features ( 938659b )
600ft jellyfish crop circle in a field of barley
From Under The Sea To Over The Land
FROM UNDER THE SEA TO OVER THE LAND
If these pictures make you feel a little jelly-legged with the prospect of aliens shaped like underwater monsters leaving us messages from the skies, fear not: it's just the latest ingenious creation by one of those mischievous and mystical crop circle hoaxers - or is it..?
At 600ft long, enough to nearly cross the barley field it has been etched into, this field phenomenon is three times the size of your usual, everyday crop circle.
According to locals and the farmer who owns the field, it sprang up overnight and out of nowhere - well, that is generally the case with these amazing artworks.
It appeared last week in a field in Kingstone Coombes in Oxfordshire and makes a change from typical crop circle designs which often involve complex patterns of mathematical and geometrical symmetry or that reflect ancient Celtic runes and symbols.
Conspiracy theorists originally believed them to be the creations of UFOS, but they were soon debunked as hoaxes, albeit very clever and creative ones, almost entirely achieved over the course of a starry, cider-fuelled night by two men, a rope, a plank, a broad imagination and a lack of anything better to doÖ
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Jellyfish crop circle in a field of barley, Kingstone Coombes, Oxfordshire, Britain - Jun 2009
Mandatory Credit: Photo by M & Y Agency Ltd / Rex Features ( 938659a )
600ft jellyfish crop circle in a field of barley
From Under The Sea To Over The Land
FROM UNDER THE SEA TO OVER THE LAND
If these pictures make you feel a little jelly-legged with the prospect of aliens shaped like underwater monsters leaving us messages from the skies, fear not: it's just the latest ingenious creation by one of those mischievous and mystical crop circle hoaxers - or is it..?
At 600ft long, enough to nearly cross the barley field it has been etched into, this field phenomenon is three times the size of your usual, everyday crop circle.
According to locals and the farmer who owns the field, it sprang up overnight and out of nowhere - well, that is generally the case with these amazing artworks.
It appeared last week in a field in Kingstone Coombes in Oxfordshire and makes a change from typical crop circle designs which often involve complex patterns of mathematical and geometrical symmetry or that reflect ancient Celtic runes and symbols.
Conspiracy theorists originally believed them to be the creations of UFOS, but they were soon debunked as hoaxes, albeit very clever and creative ones, almost entirely achieved over the course of a starry, cider-fuelled night by two men, a rope, a plank, a broad imagination and a lack of anything better to doÖ
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M & Y Agency / Rex Features Ltd.
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/HWYKAWUIU (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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Swimmer braves Jellyfish Lake, Palau, Pacific Ocean - 16 Mar 2009
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Vlad Levantovsky/Solent News / Rex Features ( 871476b )
Photographer's daughter Rachel swimming with the jellyfish, These remarkable photos show how a population of jellyfish has grown to a staggering 10 million in a single lake. Without any predators they have multiplied to extraordinary numbers in the 12 acre lake on the Pacific island of Palau. They have also evolved over hundreds of years and with little need to defend themselves their stings are now so weak they are no longer detectable by human skin. Jellyfish Lake can be reached only by boat, followed by a short hike over a steep and very slippery rocky ridge that separates the lake from the ocean.{br}Amateur photographer Vlad Levantovsky took these pictures with an underwater camera while on a family holiday with wife Olga and daughter Rachel in January this year. Mr Levantovsky, a 47 year old computer scientist from Boston, USA, said the three of them arrived at the isolated salt water lake when it was deserted
Swimmer braves Jellyfish Lake, Palau, Pacific Ocean - 16 Mar 2009
MEET THE THOUSANDS OF INHABITANTS OF 'JELLYFISH LAKE'
These remarkable photos show how a population of jellyfish has grown to a staggering 10 million in a single lake.
Without any predators they have multiplied to extraordinary numbers in the 12 acre lake on the Pacific island of Palau.
With little need to defend themselves, their evolution over the past few hundred years means their stings are now so weak they are no longer detectable by human skin.
'Jellyfish Lake', as it has been dubbed, can be reached only by boat, followed by a short hike over a steep and very slippery rocky ridge that separates the lake from the ocean.
Amateur photographer Vlad Levantovsky took these pictures with an underwater camera while on a family holiday with wife Olga and daughter Rachel in January this year.
Mr Levantovsky, 47...
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Swimmer braves Jellyfish Lake, Palau, Pacific Ocean - 16 Mar 2009
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Vlad Levantovsky/Solent News / Rex Features ( 871476a )
Jellyfish, These remarkable photos show how a population of jellyfish has grown to a staggering 10 million in a single lake. Without any predators they have multiplied to extraordinary numbers in the 12 acre lake on the Pacific island of Palau. They have also evolved over hundreds of years and with little need to defend themselves their stings are now so weak they are no longer detectable by human skin. Jellyfish Lake can be reached only by boat, followed by a short hike over a steep and very slippery rocky ridge that separates the lake from the ocean.{br}Amateur photographer Vlad Levantovsky took these pictures with an underwater camera while on a family holiday with wife Olga and daughter Rachel in January this year. Mr Levantovsky, a 47 year old computer scientist from Boston, USA, said the three of them arrived at the isolated salt water lake when it was deserted
Swimmer braves Jellyfish Lake, Palau, Pacific Ocean - 16 Mar 2009
MEET THE THOUSANDS OF INHABITANTS OF 'JELLYFISH LAKE'
These remarkable photos show how a population of jellyfish has grown to a staggering 10 million in a single lake.
Without any predators they have multiplied to extraordinary numbers in the 12 acre lake on the Pacific island of Palau.
With little need to defend themselves, their evolution over the past few hundred years means their stings are now so weak they are no longer detectable by human skin.
'Jellyfish Lake', as it has been dubbed, can be reached only by boat, followed by a short hike over a steep and very slippery rocky ridge that separates the lake from the ocean.
Amateur photographer Vlad Levantovsky took these pictures with an underwater camera while on a family holiday with wife Olga and daughter Rachel in January this year.
Mr Levantovsky, 47, computer scientist from Boston, USA, said the t...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/HIOPDWKF
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USA : Californie - Monterey - Bay Aquarium
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Killer Jellyfish Invade Britain - 12 Aug 2008
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Steve Trewhella / Rex Features ( 791972B )
Portugese Man O War jellyfish at the Kimmeridge Marine centre., A swarm of deadly Portugese Man O war 'jellyfish' are drifting along the Dorset coast and heading for the packed holiday beaches of Bmth. The exotic and mysterious creatures venomous tentacle's cause 'excruciating pain' and can kill. Dorset marine warden Julie Hatcher has warned people to keep well clear if they see one and contact the authorities.
Invasion of the Killer Jellyfish
INVASION OF THE KILLER JELLYFISH
A deadly species of tropical jellyfish that can kill with a single sting has arrived in British waters.
At least 19 Portuguese Man O'War have been found off South West beaches in the past week - compared to just six recorded here since 2003.
It is believed that the creatures have been swept to UK waters from the Caribbean by unseasonal high winds.
A seven-year-old boy is lucky to be alive after being taken to hospital after he was stung on the leg while paddling in Charmouth, Dorset.
The creatures' metre-long poisonous tentacles cause severe pain and can trigger fatal anaphylactic shocks.
Twelve have been found in Dorset, while four creatures have been washed up on beaches in Devon.
Authorities have not closed any beaches but holidaymakers are being warned to take extra care.
Julie Hatcher, of the Dorset Wildlife Trust, said: "It is very rare to have them here and now we've had 11 in a week. There could be more about.
"If you find one, stay clear and report it to us. It is best not to touch them."
The fish have a balloon-like transparent body that is purple or blue and blue tentacles.
Peter Richardson, of the Marine Conservation Society, said: "There have been fatalities in the past but none in the UK. They are very attractive creatures."
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Killer Jellyfish Invade Britain - 12 Aug 2008
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Steve Trewhella / Rex Features ( 791972C )
Portugese Man O War jellyfish at the Kimmeridge Marine centre., A swarm of deadly Portugese Man O war 'jellyfish' are drifting along the Dorset coast and heading for the packed holiday beaches of Bmth. The exotic and mysterious creatures venomous tentacle's cause 'excruciating pain' and can kill. Dorset marine warden Julie Hatcher has warned people to keep well clear if they see one and contact the authorities.
Invasion of the Killer Jellyfish
INVASION OF THE KILLER JELLYFISH
A deadly species of tropical jellyfish that can kill with a single sting has arrived in British waters.
At least 19 Portuguese Man O'War have been found off South West beaches in the past week - compared to just six recorded here since 2003.
It is believed that the creatures have been swept to UK waters from the Caribbean by unseasonal high winds.
A seven-year-old boy is lucky to be alive after being taken to hospital after he was stung on the leg while paddling in Charmouth, Dorset.
The creatures' metre-long poisonous tentacles cause severe pain and can trigger fatal anaphylactic shocks.
Twelve have been found in Dorset, while four creatures have been washed up on beaches in Devon.
Authorities have not closed any beaches but holidaymakers are being warned to take extra care.
Julie Hatcher, of the Dorset Wildlife Trust, said: "It is very rare to have them here and now we've had 11 in a week. There could be more about.
"If you find one, stay clear and report it to us. It is best not to touch them."
The fish have a balloon-like transparent body that is purple or blue and blue tentacles.
Peter Richardson, of the Marine Conservation Society, said: "There have been fatalities in the past but none in the UK. They are very attractive creatures."
MUST CREDIT PICTURES BY
Steve Trewhella/Rex Features
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/JRCNIVQC (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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Killer Jellyfish Invade Britain - 12 Aug 2008
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Phil Yeomans / Rex Features ( 791972G )
The deadly tentacles of a Man O War found yesterday in Kimmeridge., A swarm of deadly Portugese Man O war 'jellyfish' are drifting along the Dorset coast and heading for the packed holiday beaches of Bmth. The exotic and mysterious creatures venomous tentacle's cause 'excruciating pain' and can kill. Dorset marine warden Julie Hatcher has warned people to keep well clear if they see one and contact the authorities.
Invasion of the Killer Jellyfish
INVASION OF THE KILLER JELLYFISH
A deadly species of tropical jellyfish that can kill with a single sting has arrived in British waters.
At least 19 Portuguese Man O'War have been found off South West beaches in the past week - compared to just six recorded here since 2003.
It is believed that the creatures have been swept to UK waters from the Caribbean by unseasonal high winds.
A seven-year-old boy is lucky to be alive after being taken to hospital after he was stung on the leg while paddling in Charmouth, Dorset.
The creatures' metre-long poisonous tentacles cause severe pain and can trigger fatal anaphylactic shocks.
Twelve have been found in Dorset, while four creatures have been washed up on beaches in Devon.
Authorities have not closed any beaches but holidaymakers are being warned to take extra care.
Julie Hatcher, of the Dorset Wildlife Trust, said: "It is very rare to have them here and now we've had 11 in a week. There could be more about.
"If you find one, stay clear and report it to us. It is best not to touch them."
The fish have a balloon-like transparent body that is purple or blue and blue tentacles.
Peter Richardson, of the Marine Conservation Society, said: "There have been fatalities in the past but none in the UK. They are very attractive creatures."
MUST CREDIT PICTURES BY
Steve Trewhella/Rex Features
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/JRCNIVQC (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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Killer Jellyfish Invade Britain - 12 Aug 2008
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Phil Yeomans / Rex Features ( 791972H )
The deadly tentacles of a Man O War found yesterday in Kimmeridge., A swarm of deadly Portugese Man O war 'jellyfish' are drifting along the Dorset coast and heading for the packed holiday beaches of Bmth. The exotic and mysterious creatures venomous tentacle's cause 'excruciating pain' and can kill. Dorset marine warden Julie Hatcher has warned people to keep well clear if they see one and contact the authorities.
Invasion of the Killer Jellyfish
INVASION OF THE KILLER JELLYFISH
A deadly species of tropical jellyfish that can kill with a single sting has arrived in British waters.
At least 19 Portuguese Man O'War have been found off South West beaches in the past week - compared to just six recorded here since 2003.
It is believed that the creatures have been swept to UK waters from the Caribbean by unseasonal high winds.
A seven-year-old boy is lucky to be alive after being taken to hospital after he was stung on the leg while paddling in Charmouth, Dorset.
The creatures' metre-long poisonous tentacles cause severe pain and can trigger fatal anaphylactic shocks.
Twelve have been found in Dorset, while four creatures have been washed up on beaches in Devon.
Authorities have not closed any beaches but holidaymakers are being warned to take extra care.
Julie Hatcher, of the Dorset Wildlife Trust, said: "It is very rare to have them here and now we've had 11 in a week. There could be more about.
"If you find one, stay clear and report it to us. It is best not to touch them."
The fish have a balloon-like transparent body that is purple or blue and blue tentacles.
Peter Richardson, of the Marine Conservation Society, said: "There have been fatalities in the past but none in the UK. They are very attractive creatures."
MUST CREDIT PICTURES BY
Steve Trewhella/Rex Features
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/JRCNIVQC (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Gerard Fritz / Rex Features ( 761842DS )
Scuba diver watches Moon Jellyfish (Aurelia aurita), Egypt
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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Gerard Fritz / Rex Features ( 761842BR )
Crown jellyfish - (Netrostoma setouchina)
Various
(FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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Animals
Jelly-fish jelly fish jellyfish animals animal stock
PHOTO GERRIT DE HEUS/SUNSHINE
www.sunshinephoto.nl (FOTO:DUKAS/SUNSHINE)
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MARINE WILDLIFE
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Andre Seale / SplashdownDirect / Rex Features ( 841822a )
Scyphozoan jellyfish, Truk lagoon, Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (rr)
MARINE WILDLIFE
(FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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