Consisting of 95 to 98% water, brainless, capable of buoyancy and swimming but not resisting ocean currents, it is part of zooplankton. “They are present all year round, in a stream that surrounds The Mediterranean Sea And tends to stay away‘, explains Fabien Lombard, educator and researcher at the Center for Oceanography at Villefranche-sur-Mer (Alpes Maritimes).It’s the southern flow that brought them back to shore. “
to me Ajacciohave been seen before in thousands. On the beach of Saint-François, in the heart of the city, Italian swimmer Simon Martini was one of the many who had their agonizing encounter: covered in stinging cells, eye cells, jellyfish claws brushing his forehead, releasing little spears that injected a mixture of venom. “Fifteen days later, I still have burns that sometimes hurt“, He says.
“These blind animals Biting everything they touch to try to eat“, Fabian Lombard explains.
“They inject neurotoxins to paralyze their prey and digestive enzymes. “
Websites allow their presence to be tracked, such as meduseo.com where www.frequence-sud.fr/carte-meduses. Each person has his own way. relieves pain sting. “Peeing on him is useless‘, laughs Fabian Lombard, who advises against doing so.Scrub and rinse with sea water and remove stinging cells with wet sand“.
