What to do when you get stung by a blue bottle?

What to do when you get stung by a blue bottle?

Bluebottle and minor jellyfish

1. Wash the sting site with sea water and remove any tentacles.
2. Immerse the sting or run hot water on the skin for 20 minutes. Make sure the hot water will not burn the person.
3. If there is no hot water, an ice pack may help to relieve the pain.

Can Bluebottles kill dogs?

Clinical signs of intoxication include paralysis, weakness, collapse and difficulty swallowing and breathing. Occasionally dogs will swallow them or encounter these while swimming. Blue bottles will cause local pain on the skin however they can also release neurotoxins that can lead to hind limb paralysis if eaten.

Should you urinate on a blue bottle sting?

The answer is no. Our urine can either be acidic or alkaline, and when the latter, could make the sting worse by stimulating more stinging cells to be released. Freshwater should also not be applied to the sting for the same reason. The correct protocol to treat a bluebottle sting is to find help and a place to rest.

What purpose do Bluebottles serve?

Bluebottles are foraging predators that feed mostly on larval fish and small crustaceans and mollusks. Their predatory tentacles are equipped with stinging cells that are used to paralyze and capture prey.

Where are Bluebottles found?

The Bluebottle, Pacific man-o-war, is found in marine waters in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The only other species, Physalia physalis , the Portugese man-o-war is found in the Atlantic ocean.

Where is the box jellyfish found?

While box jellyfish are found in warm coastal waters around the world, the lethal varieties are found primarily in the Indo-Pacific region and northern Australia.

How fast is a box jellyfish?

The box jellyfish actively hunts its prey (small fish), rather than drifting as do true jellyfish. They are capable of achieving speeds of up to 1.5 to 2 metres per second or about 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph).

How do box jellyfish look like?

Range and Appearance. Box jellies, also called sea wasps and marine stingers, live primarily in coastal waters off Northern Australia and throughout the Indo-Pacific. They are pale blue and transparent in color and get their name from the cube-like shape of their bell.