Dozens of jellyfish filled the Bat Galim area in Haifa on Thursday, January 25.1.24, XNUMX. Fortunately for the brave bathers and swimmers in winter - due to the calm sea, their hunting arms are not torn and therefore the water "does not sting" (contrary to what is expected in winter, the sea is actually calm).
the wandering string
The jellyfish is a jellyfish that arrived in the Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal, therefore it is called a wandering jellyfish. The average size of the jellyfish today is thirty-five cm. The jellyfish is an umbrella jellyfish with many hunting arms that are full of venom cells. This type of jellyfish causes damage to both bathers and the local fish.
Does the luggage today burn more than usual?
Swimmers who reported being stung by the jellyfish today said that it seems to them that these jellyfish sting more than usual... the reason is related to the amount of hunting arms that touch a person - the more hunting arms that touch a person, the more venom cells are activated on the affected area. In comparisons to photographs from the sea in the summer, which is not in a calm sea like today, you can see a perfect cluster of hunting arms.
On days when the sea is calm, it is easier for swimmers equipped with swimming goggles to avoid these stinging animals, which is more difficult in the summer when the sea is rough and visibility is cloudy.
The seasons and the sea
It is possible, according to what is currently seen, that the coming summer (2024) in the sea will be similar to the last summer. Winter has just begun and the many gelatinous surprises will only add more species. We may also see colonial selfies, Venus belts, masses of combs and more.
Amazing article! It is very interesting to know about each mezuda and medusa and the uniqueness of each one. In addition, the photos, of such good and special quality, are really fun to see and look at!
Well done my friend Motty Mendelssohn. Shabbat Shalom and blessed to you.
What happened that they went from summer to winter? adapt themselves to global warming?
You can send them to Japan dying for it
Hello Anat.
Great question.
The wireworms are already here, and probably the conditions here suit them more than their place of origin and they develop here better than the Red Sea, which is an extension of the Indian Ocean.
Shabbat Shalom and thank you.
Shabbat Shalom Eldad.
As you can see nothing is certain in nature and it is actually an "entity" in itself.
But precisely in relation to jellyfish, it is quite logical that if the breeding times have changed, their appearance will also change, i.e. this summer there will probably be few jellyfish if at all
But I'm talking about the wandering threadworm and not about other species that are discouraging but not harmful such as the cotyloriza or the pyloriza.
Shabbat Shalom, thank you.
How is it that they came from the Red Sea but it is rare to come across them in Sinai?
hi and thank you
You wrote that "It is possible, according to what is currently seen, that the coming summer (2024) in the sea will be similar to the last summer."
Do you have an estimate in which months they will interfere with bathing this year? And how accurate do you think such an estimate is?
Hello Shay
Everything you said is true.
But in any case, it still seems to me that something strange is happening.
It's not a problem to see the hunting arms, and when you conduct an experiment on yourself under the same conditions and it hurts more... it's worth checking it scientifically, Shabbat Shalom
Hello Gina...a cute image
The threads are bad. Jellyfish are animals without a brain, sight or heart.
But in any case they are more sophisticated than the threads and have been with us for millions of years.
Shabbat Shalom
Hello Omri
You can eat them. Al is not kosher.
Dressing beautifully together with the yarns from Yemen, the yarns do the talking
I wonder what the hidden meaning is
The thread, the threads and the thread..
Shabbat Shalom
Why do the jellyfish sting more in this season than in the summer?
If the sea is less cloudy than in the summer, then the swimmers can see them and run away from them.
Perhaps, those who did encounter a jellyfish, were badly burned, because most of the arms are attached to the jellyfish, unlike in the summer when the arms are torn off when the sea is rough.
We need to find a commercial use for them if there are such quantities. Food or fertilizer?