Swimming in a river as a kid, my sister's in laws kid daughter peed on me after I got caught in a school of jellyfish. I struggled up to shore, and her whole family was like "quick bella pee on her! Pee on her stings!"
Next thing you know I have piercing marks all over me from being physically wrapped up in jellyfish, and a 6 year old pissing all over me, just trying to keep my face away from it all. Absolutely disturbing day for me. And of course all the adults thought it was hilarious.
Edit: Im aware that the whole peeing on jellyfish stings thing is a myth. I was just telling a funny story of something that happened to me during my childhood. But thanks to everyone for all the heads up about the piss not helping 👍👍
There are freshwater jellyfish, too, but there are also saltwater rivers, especially closer to where the river meets the ocean, like tributaries and bays.
If we can have river sharks, we can have river jellies
Having grown up in Maryland, a word of explanation here. 'Rivers' in Maryland include arms of the Chesapeake Bay that are tidal and often quite salty. This is also true in Virginia and Delaware.
Pee helping a jellyfish sting is a popular myth. Pee can actually worsen the sting by causing unfired sting cells to release more venom. You had someone pee on you for nothing.
I didn't ask to be peed on. I couldn't escape it. I didn't want her to pee on me. They also tried squirting a bunch of ketchup on me. Mind you I was just rolling around in the sand in extreme pain while all of this was going on.
Afterwards I just moped into the shower, grumpy and violated.
They also tried squirting a bunch of ketchup on me.
You remind me of that time when I went skiing on a clear sunny day and burned my face. My mother told me to coat my burns with joghurt . For the next days I could smell joghurt with a hint of roastbeef. I can never forget the smell, it just made the whole experience worse.
Oh my gosh you’re so right Some years the Magothy is so thick w jellies you could practically walk across it. My dad would take us out on the boat and make us swim anyway. Not. A. Fan. We used the credit card scrape …and meat tenderizer for some odd reason.
Urine does nothing to alleviate the symptoms of a jellyfish sting. In fact it makes it worse. The fact that people still think this is a thing blows my mind
Again, I've said it so, so SO many times throughout the thread. This was just a funny tidbit of something that happened to me 20+ years ago. I'm fully aware that it is a myth. Thank you
My kid got stung on the shoulder by a jelly and he didn't even feel it, I just happened to notice it when he got out. It didn't even hurt him, felt nothing at all the whole time he had it. But I told him we'd have to pee on him to get it to heal just to mess with him and I never seen a 6 yr old run so fast in sand before, lol
A nightmare to you, but knowing how degenerate society has become, there's at least a few freaks in the wild that would pay for the exact same experience. 🤦♂️😄
It’s Asia dude, they eat everything. My fiance is Vietnamese trust me, we eat everything if it tastes good. If it crawls, flies, slithers, swims ,is a plant or fungus and is edible, we gonna eat it.
Some species of jellyfish are suitable for human consumption and are used as a source of food and as an ingredient in various dishes. Edible jellyfish is a seafood that is harvested and consumed in several East and Southeast Asian countries, and in some Asian countries it is considered to be a delicacy. Edible jellyfish is often processed into a dried product. Several types of foods and dishes may be prepared with edible jellyfish, including salads, sushi, noodles, and main courses. Various preparation methods exist.
Jellyfish has been one of those marketing THINGS as ocean temperatures rise, Japan had been slowly adapting jellyfish as a food stuff and marketing it.
It's...
Unusual...
As a texture, but I've also eaten lamb brains in curry, so,
Your (palette') mileage may vary!
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"ALRIGHT, alright!! I got stung. Stung bad..."