# Jelly Fish **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 16, 2013, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jelly-fish/676470 "2013-12-16T16:01:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jelly-fish/676470/21 "2013-12-17T20:29:12Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > And I’m not in Australia, the land of many sea horrors, I’m in Thailand, the land of smiles! > > Off the west coast of the isthmus of Kra, on an island called Ko Lanta. But we’ll be leaving here in a couple of days. To spend Christmas on the island of Ko Muk. Home to no roads but awesome snorkelling. Lanta has been nice, y’know, with the exception of this incident. The eating has been really awesome, and the seashell collecting, it’s a very long and lovely beach! > > I’m over the worst, it’s still not pretty, a tad swollen, but mostly doesn’t sting any more. I’m choosing to believe that I am now free to sea frolic with abandon, having already taken my lumps, literally. > > I took a photo of the damage just to freak out my friends back home! Now I’ll look for the largest jelly I can find on the beach for an accompanying photo. And when I tell the the story I doubt it will end with “I was pretty okay after about 24 hrs”, either! Fabulous place, I was there for a week about 10 years ago. We then went and stayed 5 days out at Koh Lipe (sp?) which was even more breathtaking… Best trip I ever had. I am really, really jealous! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jelly-fish/676470/22 "2013-12-17T20:33:05Z")
Oh, and by the way, when I was there I swam face first into one of the dinner plate sized clear and red ones. I remember it was bad, but the memory is kind hazy. Worse, one of the people we were with stepped on a sea urchin and the spines broke off in his foot. Meh, nothing but good memories really. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jelly-fish/676470/23 "2013-12-18T00:48:59Z")
First Ko Muk, over Christmas, then Ko Lipe, then something along the Malay coast, then Meleka, finishing in Singapore and then home to several feet of snow, and cold, cold reality, mid January. Previous journeys were always timed to bring us home in spring or summer, returning to the very dead of winter ought to be an interesting adjustment! “But I’ll think about that another day!” ala Scarlett O’Hara! ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jelly-fish/676470/24 "2013-12-18T02:25:17Z")
> [@GargoyleWB](#): > > The [Cone Snail](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cone_shell) is the most nightmare inducing for me. Jellyfish are merely unseen and unpredictable in their agonizing bringing of death. Cone snails deliberately lure you in, you die knowing full well that it was your own coveting of cosmetic trinkets that led to your downfall. > > “Mommy mommy! Look at the pretty seashe–” _zap_ _screams_ _convulsions_ _despair_…and the snail crawls off down the strand, forgotten in the ensuing confusion, and spies a lone pink plastic shovel and bucket to curl up silently beside…waiting…listening…licking its harpoon barb in anticipation… Good god that was funny! ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jelly-fish/676470/25 "2013-12-18T07:24:45Z")
We have box jellyfish sightings around our islands but the non-venomous ones are bad enough. A recent swarming near the shore clogged the cooling intake of one of our biggest thermal plants, causing a shut down and power outages throughout the main island. The news report (cannot be trusted for accuracy) says the power company hauled out 50 truckloads of jellyfish. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jelly-fish/676470/26 "2013-12-18T07:52:09Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > then something along the Malay coast, Definitely make your destination Pulau Pangkor Laut. Not to be missed if you can help it. The place is a rare gem. > [@](#): > > then Meleka Mel **a** ka (a.k.a. Malacca). ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jelly-fish/676470/27 "2013-12-18T12:34:54Z")
I’m considering Pangkor, Penang (just for the eats!), or possibly Langkawi. Meeting friends in Melaka, (again, partly for the eats!), then stay with them in S’pore, and y’know, eat a lot, before returning to the land of ice and snow. With full bellies, clearly! ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jelly-fish/676470/28 "2013-12-18T12:56:47Z")
Did you mean Pangkor Laut Resort? Or just the island? If not the resort, where did you stay? Any place less expensive perhaps? Thanks for the tip. I’ve visited Pangkor before but never Pangkor Laut and would love to hear more about it! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jelly-fish/676470/29 "2013-12-18T14:08:08Z")
I was stung by a box jellyfish the day after my tenth birthday. The fucker was already dead - there was a regatta in the bay the beach was on, and apparently the boats slice them up into smaller parcels of death - and still damn near killed me. Adrenaline shot in the chest near. The worst part was passing out in the beach club bar and waking up naked to people dousing me with vinegar. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jelly-fish/676470/30 "2013-12-18T16:52:10Z")
Pangkor Laut is a smaller island next to Pangkor, the resort there is quite luxurious, and Emerald Cove is rated one of the best beaches in the world. \*Laut \*means ‘the sea’ because this island is a little farther out to sea than the big Pangkor. I remember on the ferry over, in the strait between the mainland and Pangkor, seeing basketball-sized ghostly white jellyfish floating and trailing their tentacles. However, Emerald Cove is on the opposite side of Pangkor Laut, and snorkeling there I found no jellyfish, unless it was those tiny ones you mentioned who give little stings but can basically be ignored. They have a net across the entrance to the cove which I think must be screening out the bigger jellyfish. Langkawi is a beautiful island, but has been heavily developed for tourism. Nonetheless, if you hike up to the waterfall there, it’s a lovely, relaxing spot. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jelly-fish/676470/31 "2013-12-18T17:53:07Z")
They say having someone piss on your jellyfish stings helps immensely. I’ve never had the opportunity to try this, but it sounds like a great way to find a date. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jelly-fish/676470/32 "2013-12-18T18:40:23Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > They say having someone piss on your jellyfish stings helps immensely. I’ve never had the opportunity to try this, but it sounds like a great way to find a date. It’s generally a bad idea. You pour vinegar on it (except Man o’ War stings.) ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jelly-fish/676470/33 "2013-12-18T18:49:52Z")
Why dey call dem Jelly Fish when no can eat on toast? ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jelly-fish/676470/34 "2013-12-18T19:02:28Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Why dey call dem Jelly Fish when no can eat on toast? …well, you actually can [Jellyfish recipe](http://www.food.com/recipe/sesame-jellyfish-165901) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Woo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@Dr.Woo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Woo)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jelly-fish/676470/35 "2013-12-18T19:21:37Z")
Ugh. One of my nightmare replays is the time I was playing in the surf in So Cal and looked up to see an 8-ft wave studded with jellyfish just about to break over me. I tried mightily to run, but I was pounded by the wave and roundly stung. The sight of the relentlessly advancing wave with all the jellies was worse than the stings, but it still was an uncomfortable night. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jelly-fish/676470/36 "2013-12-19T00:38:14Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > It’s generally a bad idea. You pour vinegar on it (except Man o’ War stings.) Can you piss on the victim after applying vinegar? Just for grins. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jelly-fish/676470/37 "2013-12-19T01:37:45Z")
4 days later, and still no let up in the number of people willing to pee on me! ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jelly-fish/676470/38 "2013-12-19T04:40:59Z")
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