Weever fish

PEOPLE hitting Cork beaches in the coming days as the sun splits the stones have been warned to be careful as strands around the coastline are inundated ...

This movement disrupts the sand and scares any nearby fish away. Little is known about the weever fish but studies are ongoing about the creature by experts in the south west of England where the weever fish is also prevalent. “The severity of a weever fish sting really depends on how you stand on it.

Weever fish, the lion's mane jellyfish and the Portuguese man o' war fish have all been spotted by Irish beachgoers.

This is likely because the bladder of the fish acts as a sail and the organism's movements are driven by the winds and currents on the sea. The man o'war jellyfish, also known as Portuguese man of war or Physalia physalis is a jelly-like marine invertebrate. Donal Griffin, marine policy officer at Fair Seas Ireland, told BBC Northern Ireland that if you see the creature, it is best to keep away. Although Joe Duffy described his sting by a weever fish as "excruciating", the way to alleviate the pain is relatively simply - put your foot (or whatever part of the body has been stung) into hot water - as hot as you can handle. The lion's mane jellyfish - also known as the giant jellyfish, arctic red jellyfish or the hair jelly - is one of the largest known species of jellyfish in the world. The creatures use stinging tentacles to capture, pull in and eat prey, and have been known to roam around the Irish Sea. These jellyfish can deliver a painful sting and their fine tentacles are often difficult for swimmers to avoid.

The sandy colour fish covers itself in the sand where it feeds on sand hopper insects. Its tentacles, when stepped on, inject a poisonous venom which can cause ...

This changes the protein of the venom that goes into you. “You won’t get them where people are swimming and most of our beaches are safe. The advice when traversing these areas is to wear a flip flop or foot protector.

Joe told RTE Liveline listeners about the experience that left him in 'excruciating pain'

According to WaterSafety.ie, when a bather steps on a weever fish, its spines embed into the human flesh, and discharge its poison. However, a nurse chimed in then and said her advice would be “to immerse your foot in as hot water as you can endure." “I soon found out it was a weever fish.

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The worst of the pain will start 30 minutes after and will gradually start to subside. As dogs must go bare-pawed, the only way to remove risk is to keep them off beaches. However the risk is low: thousands of dogs are walked on beaches every day without any problems. Otherwise, use a credit or debit card to push barbs from the skin. “The lifeguards carried him to their hut where they put his foot in a bowl and slowly added boiling water out of kettle to as hot he could stand. “We just put hot flannel on it for about an hour and gave him 2 paracetamol,” said his grandmother. If the reaction looks serious, contact your GP or visit the hospital. It looked like he’d just stood on glass and had a prick mark, it’s only when his foot started swelling that I knew it was something else.” He is 13 now and will always wear sliders in the sea.” Despite the recent wave of reports, weever fish stings are relatively rare. Wild Swim Wales claims the pain they deliver can be “as bad as childbirth”. They can be found half-buried in sand all year round but sting reports peak during the summer as beaches become busier.

Coastguards have issued an urgent safety warning following reports of beachgoers being left in agony after going in the sea.

The worst of the pain will start 30 minutes after and will gradually start to subside. He was fine in 3 hours and promised not to go in the sea without Crocs again. However the risk is low: thousands of dogs are walked on beaches every day without any problems. As dogs must go bare-pawed, the only way to remove risk is to keep them off beaches. Otherwise, use a credit or debit card to push barbs from the skin. “The lifeguards carried him to their hut where they put his foot in a bowl and slowly added boiling water out of kettle to as hot he could stand. It looked like he’d just stood on glass and had a prick mark, it’s only when his foot started swelling that I knew it was something else.” Despite the recent wave of reports, weever fish stings are relatively rare. He is 13 now and will always wear sliders in the sea.” They can be found half-buried in sand all year round but sting reports peak during the summer as beaches become busier. Wild Swim Wales claims the pain they deliver can be “as bad as childbirth”. She also said her foot "went to twice its size".